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Badin, North Carolina

Town in Stanly County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Badin

Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Montgomery County (NC), 13 miles off.

35Good
  • Ozone35Good32 ppb18.3 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide2Good2.1 ppb18.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 63, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Badin

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 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 Badin, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Badin, 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 now3 instruments

AlbemarleVUJ

At an airfield/1.6 mi away/610 ft/46 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank477of 2,243

measured daily2 instruments

Badin 0.2 SENC-SN-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/548 ft/16 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Albemarle Coop StaALBN7

At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/646 ft/82 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Albemarle, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.6 mi from Badin, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 12:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 3,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Albemarle, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 3,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VUJFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALBEMARLESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 3,600 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAlbemarle, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VUJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-VUJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

70.7 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Albemarle: temperature 70.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VUJFIG. B THE AIR AT ALBEMARLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 3,600 FTTEMPERATURE 70.7 FDEW POINT 63.0 FSPREAD 7.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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 POINTTITLEAlbemarle, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VUJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-VUJ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Albemarle, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 6 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 VUJFIG. C THE WIND AT ALBEMARLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAlbemarle, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VUJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-VUJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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