Temperature
65 F at 12 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 58 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 65F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 87F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 58F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Mid-Carolina Regional Airport
Mid-Carolina Regional Airport, North Carolina
Small airport in Rowan County, North Carolina65°
84°/61°
Clear·
Feels like 65°·Calm 0 mph
Coming up. Tomorrow is 25 degrees cooler: a high of 59° after 84° today.
Now. Mid-Carolina Regional Airport is 65° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 51): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 70°, and the coolest Sunday, near 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (54%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:45 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:52 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 17 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
51Air quality
97%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
65feels65
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8461
32%
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
5949
54%
14mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
5738
18%
13mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6338
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6941
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7044
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
6944
UV 6
65°
84°61°
59°49°
57°38°
63°38°
69°41°
70°44°
69°44°
As of 1:00 AM in Mid-Carolina Regional Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Mid-Carolina Regional Airport
Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Rowan County (NC), 1 mile off.
51Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate9.8 mi
- Ozone19Good17 ppb9.8 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide4Good4 ppb9.8 mi
The days ahead
Highest 87, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 66, moderate.
GoodModerateSensitive groups
- 66YesterdayOct 15
- 87TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Mid-Carolina Regional Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Mid-Carolina Regional Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RUQ
- ICAO
- KRUQ
- IATA
- SRW
- Field elevation
- 772 ft
- Serves
- Salisbury
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RUQ
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 5,501 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 16° / 196° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Rowan_County_Airport (RUQ), Mid-Carolina Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 64 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 48% at 4 PM Thursday to 98% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 64F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 48 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 4 mph, 4 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 4mph
- 4 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.06 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.06inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 4 AM Thursday; 7 miles now.
- Now
- 7mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Rowan_County_Airport: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Mid-Carolina Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/774 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
LexingtonLXFN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.5 mi away/748 ft/24 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Salisbury 0.9 NNC-SM-28
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/717 ft/55 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SalisburySBYN7
At a cooperative observer's station/3.4 mi away/696 ft/76 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Salisbury (SBYN7), 3.4 miles from here, read 8 Oct, 19:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in North Carolina
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Mid-Carolina Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Salisburycity, 2 mi
- Granite Quarrytown, 5 mi
- Faithtown, 5 mi
- East Spencertown, 6 mi
- Spencertown, 6 mi
- China Grovetown, 6 mi
- Landistown, 8 mi
- Rockwelltown, 9 mi
- Clevelandtown, 11 mi
- Cooleemeetown, 12 mi
- Enochvillecommunity, 12 mi
- Kannapoliscity, 13 mi
Airports near Mid-Carolina Regional Airport
- Davidson County Executive AirportEXX, 15 mi
- Concord-Padgett Regional AirportJQF, 21 mi
- Statesville Regional AirportSVH, 26 mi
- Stanly County AirportVUJ, 26 mi
- Asheboro Regional AirportHBI, 35 mi
- Smith Reynolds AirportINT, 38 mi
- Lincolnton Lincoln County Regional AirportIPJ, 38 mi
- Charlotte Douglas International AirportCLT, 38 mi