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Cordova, North Carolina

Community in Richmond County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Cordova

Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Montgomery County (NC), 30 miles off.

30Good
  • Ozone30Good-

The days ahead

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

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 Cordova

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 Cordova, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Sat 9 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cordova, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

RockinghamRKGN7

At a river or reservoir gauge/7.6 mi away/394 ft/105 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank545of 2,255

measured daily2 instruments

Rockingham 1.7 WNC-RC-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/235 ft/54 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Hamlet - Water PlantHAMN7

At a cooperative observer's station/7.1 mi away/305 ft/16 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Rockingham, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.4 mi from Cordova, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 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 Rockingham, 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 RCZFIG. A THE SKY OVER ROCKINGHAMSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLERockingham, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RCZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RCZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

65.5 F with a dew point of 63.5 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Rockingham: temperature 65.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.5, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RCZFIG. B THE AIR AT ROCKINGHAMTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.0 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 65.5 F, 63.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLERockingham, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RCZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RCZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Rockingham, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, 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 RCZFIG. C THE WIND AT ROCKINGHAMPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERockingham, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RCZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RCZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Carolina

16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Cordova

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Cordova

River and lake gauges