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
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Siler City Municipal Airport
Now. Siler City Municipal Airport is 66° and mostly clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 61° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 86°, and the coolest Sunday, near 58°. Rain is likely Saturday (59%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 20 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Siler City Municipal Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Montgomery County (NC), 34 miles off.
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 58, moderate.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 58, moderate, Fri 8 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 5,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 40° / 220° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Siler City (SCR), Siler City Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
66 F at 11 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 58 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 65 F, the air 98% saturated; the humidity ran from 51% at 4 PM to 98% at 11 PM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 11 PM; at its strongest 2 mph, 3 PM, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.08 inHg at 11 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 5 miles at 10 PM; 5 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
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
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
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Snow on the ground
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.