Parks/North Carolina/Crowders Mountain State Park

Crowders Mountain State Park, North Carolina

State Park in Gaston County, North Carolina

64° 83°/61°

Clear· Feels like 64°·Light breeze 4 mph SSW

Coming up. Tomorrow is 24 degrees cooler: a high of 59° after 83° today.

Now. Crowders Mountain State Park is 64° and clear at 9 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 4 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. 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 57°. Rain is possible tomorrow (46%).

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:49 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:56 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.

1UV Low

12Air quality

91%Humidity

3%Cloud

Now

9:00 AM

64feels64

Today

Oct 16

8361

UV 7

Sat

Oct 17

5950

46%

14mph

UV 6

Sun

Oct 18

5740

13mph

UV 7

Mon

Oct 19

6241

UV 7

Tue

Oct 20

6944

UV 6

Wed

Oct 21

7047

UV 6

Thu

Oct 22

6947

UV 6

64°

83°61°

59°50°

57°40°

62°41°

69°44°

70°47°

69°47°

As of 9:00 AM in Crowders Mountain State Park, North Carolina.

Air quality

The air at Crowders Mountain State Park

Index 12, good, led by nitrogen dioxide. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Lincoln County (NC), 20 miles off.

12Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)-24.6 mi
Ozone6Good29 ppb16.5 mi
Nitrogen dioxide12Good13.2 ppb24.6 mi
Carbon monoxide-0.6 ppm24.6 mi

The days ahead

Highest 67, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 45, good.

GoodModerate

45YesterdayOct 15
67TodayOct 16
35SatOct 17
37SunOct 18

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Crowders Mountain State Park

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 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 Crowders Mountain State Park, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 6 miles Sat 8 AM.

Park

Designation: State Park
Area: 8.08 sq mi
Height at its point: 1,092 ft
County: Gaston County
State: North Carolina
Latitude: 35.1966° N
Longitude: 81.3122° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Crowders Mountain State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Citizen station EW9054EW9054

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/795 ft/297 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Raingage At Crowders Creek Near Mountain View351403081135945

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.2 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Gastonia_Mcpl_(ASOS)AKH

At an airfield/8.8 mi away/801 ft/291 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Gastonia 8.4 SWNC-GS-52