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Siler City Municipal Airport, North Carolina

Small airport in Chatham County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Siler City Municipal Airport

Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Montgomery County (NC), 34 miles off.

33Good
  • Ozone33Good-

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 58, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 58, moderate, Fri 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Siler City Municipal Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Siler City Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
SCR
ICAO
KSCR
IATA
-
Field elevation
614 ft
Serves
Siler City
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
SCR
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 23:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
04 / 225,000 ft75 ftAsphalt40° / 220°CalmCalm
04221,000 ftN
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Siler City (SCR), Siler City Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

66 F at 11 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 58 F at its coolest, 7 AM.

Now
66F
11 PM
Highest
88F
3 PM
Lowest
58F
7 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Siler City, temperature from 57.7 to 88.2, the latest 65.5; dew point from 56.9 to 70.4, the latest 65.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF5060708090Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 65 F, the air 98% saturated; the humidity ran from 51% at 4 PM to 98% at 11 PM.

Dew point now
65F
11 PM
Humidity now
98%
Humidity, range
51 to 98%
Relative humidity at Siler City, relative humidity from 51 to 98, the latest 98, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

Calm at 11 PM; at its strongest 2 mph, 3 PM, and no gust reported.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
2mph
3 PM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Siler City, wind from 0 to 2, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph00.511.52Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Siler City, wind direction from 150 to 260, the latest 160, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.08 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.08inHg
11 PM
3 hours
+0.00inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.01inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Siler City, pressure, altimeter from 30.05 to 30.14, the latest 30.08, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0530.0730.1030.1330.15Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 5 miles at 10 PM; 5 miles now.

Now
5mi
Lowest
5mi
10 PM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Siler City, visibility from 5.0 to 10.0, the latest 5.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Siler City: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Siler City Municipal 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 now3 instruments

Siler CitySCR

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/592 ft/22 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Horseshoe House RAWSHHRN7

A remote fire weather station/17.6 mi away/312 ft/302 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Durham 11 W03758

At a climate reference station/29.6 mi away/562 ft/52 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Siler City 2.7 SSWNC-CH-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/676 ft/62 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Water Tr PltRDLN7

At a cooperative observer's station/18.1 mi away/689 ft/75 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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