Temperature
68 F at 2 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 68F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 86F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 61F
- 4 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Raleigh Regional Airport at Person County
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 4 AM, the chance peaking at 71% around 9 AM.
Now. Raleigh Regional Airport at Person County is 67° and overcast at 3 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 cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 67°, and the coolest Sunday, near 56°. Rain is likely tomorrow (80%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:39 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:43 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Raleigh Regional Airport at Person County, North Carolina.
Air quality
Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Person County (NC), 8 miles off.
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 38, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 6,005 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 50° / 230° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Roxboro (TDF), Raleigh Regional Airport at Person County's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
68 F at 2 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 66 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 59% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 2 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 4 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.08 inHg at 2 AM, falling 0.02 inHg over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 6 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 11 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Roxboro: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Raleigh Regional Airport at Person County, 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
RoxboroTDF
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/610 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Caswell Game Lands RAWS SiteCGLN7
A remote fire weather station/18.5 mi away/564 ft/45 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Durham 11 W03758
At a climate reference station/22.5 mi away/562 ft/47 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Timberlake 3.7 SWNC-PN-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/609 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
RoxboroROXN7
At a cooperative observer's station/7.0 mi away/528 ft/81 ft below 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.