Parks/South Carolina/Kings Mountain National Military Park

Kings Mountain National Military Park, South Carolina

National Military Park in York County, South Carolina

72° 74°/45°

Clear· Feels like 72°·Light air 2 mph N

Now. Kings Mountain National Military Park is 72° and clear at 4 PM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north at 2 mph.

Where now comes from. The forecast for this hour, checked against 3 instruments within 22 miles. The nearest, Kings Mountain State Park (247 rank 288 in South Carolina), read at 3:55 PM.

The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 72°, and the coolest Saturday, near 65°. The days ahead look dry.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:43 PM. The Moon is a waxing gibbous, 79% lit, and sets at 3:55 AM after midnight. 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 bright Moon hides all but the brightest of them. The day is 11 hours 8 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

-UV

44Air quality

32%Humidity

0%Cloud

Now

4:00 PM

72feels72

Today

Oct 21

7445

Thu

Oct 22

7245

Fri

Oct 23

6845

Sat

Oct 24

6544

Sun

Oct 25

6744

Mon

Oct 26

7044

Tue

Oct 27

7244

As of 4:00 PM in Kings Mountain National Military Park, South Carolina.

Air quality

The air at Kings Mountain National Military Park

Index 44, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, York, Chester, and Lancaster (SC), 25 miles off.

44GoodAir quality index now

Set by: Ozone.
Smoke: Little smoke near the ground through Fri 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
The air: Wind 2 mph from the north. Light wind keeps what is in the air near the ground.

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Precipitation

What has fallen at Kings Mountain National Military Park

None in the last 3 days, to Wed 3 PM. The last measurable, 0.04 in, fell on Oct 16. 0.04 in over the last 14 days. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.00in
Last 14 days: 0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Kings Mountain National Military Park, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Fri 8 AM.

This hour: 10+mi
Hours under a mile: 0

Park

Designation: National Military Park
Area: 6.12 sq mi
Height at its point: 942 ft
County: York County
State: South Carolina
Latitude: 35.1390° N
Longitude: 81.3891° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Kings Mountain National Military Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Kings Mountain State ParkKNGS1

In a park or preserve/0.9 mi away/814 ft/128 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

I-85 @ SC-198SC015

Beside a road/9.0 mi away/666 ft/276 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Citizen station FW4541FW4541

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.6 mi away/672 ft/270 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Rock Hill (Was 29J)UZA

At an airfield/21.5 mi away/663 ft/279 ft below here