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Bennett, North Carolina

Community in Chatham County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Bennett

Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Montgomery County (NC), 26 miles off.

30Good
  • Ozone30Good-

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 63, moderate.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 58, moderate, Fri 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Bennett

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Bennett, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bennett, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Siler CitySCR

At an airfield/10.0 mi away/592 ft/102 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank809of 2,255

measured daily2 instruments

Water Treatment PltCTGN7

At a cooperative observer's station/17.8 mi away/538 ft/48 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Siler City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.0 mi from Bennett, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 100 ft, scattered at 500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Siler City, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 100 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SCRFIG. A THE SKY OVER SILER CITYSECTION, 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 SHEETSCT 500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESiler City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SCRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SCR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.8 F with a dew point of 60.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 100 ft.

Chart of the air at Siler City: temperature 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SCRFIG. B THE AIR AT SILER CITYTHE 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 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.8 F, 60.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLESiler City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SCRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SCR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Siler City, 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 SCRFIG. C THE WIND AT SILER CITYPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLESiler City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SCRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SCR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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