Citizen station FW1828FW1828
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.3 mi away/1,090 ft/28 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/North Carolina/Boonville
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 7 AM (58%).
Now. Boonville is 78° and partly cloudy at 6 PM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 49° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. Rain is likely tomorrow (78%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:46 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:50 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 6:00 PM in Boonville, North Carolina.
Air quality
Index 40, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Alexander County (NC), 34 miles off.
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 9 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Boonville, North CarolinaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Boonville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station FW1828FW1828
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.3 mi away/1,090 ft/28 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Raingage At Ararat River At Ararat362416080334345
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mount_Airy/Surry_County_AprtMWK
At an airfield/17.9 mi away/1,247 ft/185 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Boonville 0.6 SWNC-YD-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/982 ft/80 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ElkinEKNN7
At a cooperative observer's station/8.9 mi away/912 ft/150 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 17.9 mi from Boonville, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
A few clouds at 7,000 ft, scattered at 9,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
78.8 F with a dew point of 66.2 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,000 ft.
At 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.
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Snow on the ground
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.