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Bessemer City, North Carolina

City in Gaston County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Bessemer City

Index 1, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Lincoln County (NC), 14 miles off.

1Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-23.5 mi
  • Ozone1Good11 ppb22 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm23.5 mi

The days ahead

Highest 67, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Bessemer City

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 Bessemer City, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 6 miles Sat 8 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Bessemer City, 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

Bessemer City 1.3 NNC-GS-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/897 ft/25 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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GastoniaGTAN7

At a cooperative observer's station/7.8 mi away/738 ft/134 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2,162of 2,255

Station report

The weather at Gastonia_Mcpl_(ASOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.4 mi from Bessemer City, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Gastonia_Mcpl_(ASOS), height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AKHFIG. A THE SKY OVER GASTONIA_MCPL_(ASOS)SECTION, 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: 4 MI0510TITLEGastonia_Mcpl_(ASOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AKHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AKH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

62.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Gastonia_Mcpl_(ASOS): temperature 62.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AKHFIG. B THE AIR AT GASTONIA_MCPL_(ASOS)THE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.0 F, 62.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEGastonia_Mcpl_(ASOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AKHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AKH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Gastonia_Mcpl_(ASOS), north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the 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 AKHFIG. C THE WIND AT GASTONIA_MCPL_(ASOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGastonia_Mcpl_(ASOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AKHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AKH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Gastonia_Mcpl_(ASOS), 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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Near Bessemer City

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