Citizen station FW8985FW8985
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.3 mi away/1,044 ft/791 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Parks/North Carolina/Chimney Rock State Park
Chimney Rock State Park, North Carolina
State Park in Rutherford County, North Carolina67°
84°/59°
Clear·
Feels like 67°·Calm 0 mph SSW
Now. Chimney Rock State Park is 67° and 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 60° by 6 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 82°, and the coolest Saturday, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
46Air quality
96%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
67feels67
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8459
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
8259
10%
14mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
5745
18%
13mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
5836
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6437
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7041
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7043
UV 7
67°
84°59°
82°59°
57°45°
58°36°
64°37°
70°41°
70°43°
As of 11:00 PM in Chimney Rock State Park, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Chimney Rock State Park
Index 46, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Buncombe County (NC), 21 miles off.
46Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)46Good23.2 mi
- Ozone12Good8 ppb21 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)10Good23.2 mi
The days ahead
Highest 67, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.
GoodModerate
- 46YesterdayOct 14
- 67TodayOct 15
- 67FriOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Chimney Rock State Park
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 Chimney Rock State Park, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 10 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 9.3 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 1,835 ft
- County
- Rutherford County
- State
- North Carolina
- Latitude
- 35.4250° N
- Longitude
- 82.2440° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Chimney Rock State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Raingage Mud Cr Williams St Nr Hendersonville351901082271345
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/16.5 mi away/2,169 ft/334 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Asheville 13 S53878
At a climate reference station/17.3 mi away/2,103 ft/268 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Lake Lure 2LKLN7
At a cooperative observer's station/3.2 mi away/1,102 ft/733 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Hendersonville 9.6 ENENC-HN-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.6 mi away/2,774 ft/939 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Lake Lure 2 (LKLN7), 3.2 miles from here, read 11 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in North Carolina
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Chimney Rock State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Chimney Rock Villagevillage, 2 mi
- Lake Luretown, 3 mi
- Edneyvillecommunity, 6 mi
- Gertoncommunity, 7 mi
- Fruitlandcommunity, 10 mi
- Danacommunity, 10 mi
- Fairviewcommunity, 11 mi
- Hoopers Creekcommunity, 12 mi
- Columbustown, 13 mi
- Barker Heightscommunity, 14 mi
- East Flat Rockcommunity, 14 mi
- Hendersonvillecity, 14 mi