Temperature
61 F at 4 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 58 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 61F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 90F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 58F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Stanly County Airport
Stanly County Airport, North Carolina
Small airport in Stanly County, North Carolina62°
85°/61°
Overcast·
Feels like 62°·Calm 0 mph SSW
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 5 AM (65%).
Now. Stanly County Airport is 62° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 61°, 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, with some 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 Wednesday, near 70°, and the coolest Sunday, near 58°. Rain is likely tomorrow (79%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:44 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:51 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 day is 11 hours 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
30Air quality
99%Humidity
97%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
62feels62
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8561
28%
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
5949
79%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5839
18%
14mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6340
13mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6944
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7046
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
6947
UV 6
62°
85°61°
59°49°
58°39°
63°40°
69°44°
70°46°
69°47°
As of 4:00 AM in Stanly County Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Stanly County Airport
Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Montgomery County (NC), 15 miles off.
30Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-16.5 mi
- Ozone30Good5 ppb16.5 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide2Good2.8 ppb16.5 mi
The days ahead
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 63, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 63YesterdayOct 15
- 58TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Stanly County Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 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 Stanly County Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- VUJ
- ICAO
- KVUJ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 609 ft
- Serves
- Albemarle
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- VUJ
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 04:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04L / 22R | 3,501 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 37° / 217° | Calm | Calm |
| 04R / 22L | 5,499 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 41° / 221° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Albemarle (VUJ), Stanly County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 61 F, the air 99% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 3 PM Thursday to 99% at 3 AM.
- Dew point now
- 61F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 99%
- Humidity, range
- 43 to 99%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 4 AM; at its strongest 3 mph, 2 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 3mph
- 2 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.08 inHg at 4 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.08inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.8 miles at 3 AM, under a mile for 1 hour; 2 miles now.
- Now
- 2mi
- Lowest
- 0.8mi
- 3 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 1
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 3 AM; a base was reported in 2 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 700ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 3 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 2
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
Albemarle: 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 Stanly County 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
AlbemarleVUJ
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/610 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.4 mi away/512 ft/97 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
New London 3.3 ENC-SN-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/656 ft/47 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Albemarle Coop StaALBN7
At a cooperative observer's station/3.0 mi away/646 ft/37 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in North Carolina
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Stanly County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Badintown, 2 mi
- New Londontown, 4 mi
- Albemarlecity, 5 mi
- Richfieldtown, 7 mi
- Misenheimervillage, 9 mi
- Millingportcommunity, 10 mi
- Gold Hillcommunity, 13 mi
- Norwoodtown, 13 mi
- Aquadalecommunity, 14 mi
- Troytown, 15 mi
- Dentontown, 15 mi
- Mount Pleasanttown, 16 mi
Airports near Stanly County Airport
- Asheboro Regional AirportHBI, 22 mi
- Mid-Carolina Regional AirportRUQ, 26 mi
- Davidson County Executive AirportEXX, 27 mi
- Anson County Airport - Jeff Cloud FieldAFP, 28 mi
- Concord-Padgett Regional AirportJQF, 32 mi
- Charlotte-Monroe Executive AirportEQY, 38 mi
- Siler City Municipal AirportSCR, 41 mi
- Richmond County AirportRCZ, 42 mi