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Belmont, North Carolina

City in Gaston County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Belmont

Index 60, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Mecklenburg County (NC), 11 miles off.

60Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)60Moderate9.5 mi
  • Ozone26Good17 ppb14.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)23Good14.5 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide10Good11 ppb9.5 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb14.5 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm9.5 mi

The days ahead

Highest 87, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 77, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Belmont

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 Belmont, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Belmont, 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

measured daily2 instruments

Belmont 1.7 SSENC-GS-61

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/689 ft/19 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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GastoniaGTAN7

At a cooperative observer's station/6.3 mi away/738 ft/30 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2,162of 2,255

Station report

The weather at Charlotte / Douglas, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.8 mi from Belmont, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Charlotte / Douglas, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CLTFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHARLOTTE / DOUGLASSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECharlotte / Douglas, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CLTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CLT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

70.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Charlotte / Douglas: temperature 70.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CLTFIG. B THE AIR AT CHARLOTTE / DOUGLASTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.8 FTEMPERATURE 70.0 FDEW POINT 65.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLECharlotte / Douglas, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CLTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CLT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Charlotte / Douglas, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CLTFIG. C THE WIND AT CHARLOTTE / DOUGLASPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECharlotte / Douglas, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CLTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CLT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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