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Raleigh Regional Airport at Person County, North Carolina

Small airport in Person County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Raleigh Regional Airport at Person County

Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Person County (NC), 8 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-17.6 mi
  • Ozone26Good25 ppb6.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-17.6 mi

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 38, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Raleigh Regional Airport at Person County

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Raleigh Regional Airport at Person County, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 9 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
TDF
ICAO
KTDF
IATA
-
Field elevation
609 ft
Serves
Timberlake
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
TDF
Wind now
Calm, read 16 Oct, 02:30

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
06 / 246,005 ft100 ftAsphalt50° / 230°CalmCalm
06242,000 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 Roxboro (TDF), Raleigh Regional Airport at Person County's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

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
Temperature and Dew point at Roxboro, temperature from 60.8 to 86.0, the latest 68.0; dew point from 60.8 to 71.6, the latest 66.2, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF607080906 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

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.

Dew point now
66F
2 AM
Humidity now
94%
Humidity, range
59 to 100%
Relative humidity at Roxboro, relative humidity from 59 to 100, the latest 94, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%4060801006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Wind

Calm at 2 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 4 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
8mph
4 PM Thursday
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Roxboro, wind from 0 to 8, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph024686 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Wind direction at Roxboro, wind direction from 50 to 220, the latest 170, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703606 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Pressure

30.08 inHg at 2 AM, falling 0.02 inHg over 3 hours; the same as a day before.

Now
30.08inHg
2 AM
3 hours
-0.02inHg
falling
24 hours
+0.00inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Roxboro, pressure, altimeter from 30.07 to 30.15, the latest 30.08, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0630.0830.1030.1230.1430.166 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

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

Visibility

Down to 2 miles at 6 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
2mi
6 AM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Roxboro, visibility from 2.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 11 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
500ft
1 AM
Hours with a base reported
11
Lowest cloud base at Roxboro, lowest cloud base from 500 to 11,000, the latest 500, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft05,00010,00015,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

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

Roxboro: 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 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

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

-

Snow on the ground

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