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Asheboro, North Carolina

City in Randolph County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Asheboro

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Montgomery County (NC), 27 miles off.

31Good
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Asheboro

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Asheboro, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Asheboro, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Asheboro 1.4 SWNC-RN-37

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/775 ft/64 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Asheboro CoopASBN7

At a cooperative observer's station/1.6 mi away/732 ft/107 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station FW6817, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 1.6 mi from Asheboro, North Carolina. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station FW6817, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW6817FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION FW6817PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station FW6817, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW6817TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW6817-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 744 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.13 inHg and the temperature at 56.3 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.06 inHg means its barometer reads 29.26 inHg; it reports 69.0 F, 12.7 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station FW6817 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 744 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.13 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.3 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.06 and the station pressure it means, 29.26.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW6817FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION FW6817 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION FW68173 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT744 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.13 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.3 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.06 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.26 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED69.0 FTITLECitizen station FW6817, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW6817TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW6817-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 45 degrees above the horizon at 35.73 N, and the day is 11 h 07 min long. Level ground there takes 71 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station FW6817, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 45 degrees above the horizon, against 78 at the June solstice, 54 at the equinoxes and 31 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 07 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW6817FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION FW6817ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 78°EQUINOXES 54°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 31°OCT 16, 45°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 07 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 71 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 35.73 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station FW6817, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW6817TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW6817-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station FW6817, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Carolina

16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Asheboro

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Asheboro

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