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Andrews, North Carolina

Town in Cherokee County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Andrews

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Macon County (NC), 23 miles off.

25Good
  • Ozone25Good-

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Andrews

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Andrews, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 6 miles Sat 12 AM.

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On the radar over Andrews, North CarolinaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Andrews, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Cheoah RAWSCHON7

A remote fire weather station/9.6 mi away/1,985 ft/170 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank704of 2,255

measured daily2 instruments

Hayesville 1NEHAYN7

At a cooperative observer's station/9.9 mi away/1,792 ft/23 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Andrews-Murphy_Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.9 mi from Andrews, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,400 ft, scattered at 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Andrews-Murphy_Airport, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,400 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RHPFIG. A THE SKY OVER ANDREWS-MURPHY_AIRPORTSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 6,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,400 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAndrews-Murphy_Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RHPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RHP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

80.0 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 49 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Andrews-Murphy_Airport: temperature 80.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 49 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RHPFIG. B THE AIR AT ANDREWS-MURPHY_AIRPORTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 4,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,400 FTTEMPERATURE 80.0 FDEW POINT 59.0 FSPREAD 21.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 49 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEAndrews-Murphy_Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RHPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RHP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Andrews-Murphy_Airport, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RHPFIG. C THE WIND AT ANDREWS-MURPHY_AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAndrews-Murphy_Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RHPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RHP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Andrews-Murphy_Airport, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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