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Elkin, North Carolina

Town in Surry County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Elkin

Index 12, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Alexander County (NC), 30 miles off.

12Good
  • Ozone12Good-

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Elkin

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Elkin, the next 43 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 8 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Elkin, 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

ElkinEKNN7

At a cooperative observer's station/0.9 mi away/912 ft/153 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank300of 2,255

Elkin 2.6 WNWNC-WL-24

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/1,092 ft/27 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at North_Wilkesboro/Wilkes_Cnty, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.1 mi from Elkin, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

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

Section of the sky over North_Wilkesboro/Wilkes_Cnty, 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 UKFFIG. A THE SKY OVER NORTH_WILKESBORO/WILKES_CNTYSECTION, 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 MI0510TITLENorth_Wilkesboro/Wilkes_Cnty, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS UKFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UKF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at North_Wilkesboro/Wilkes_Cnty: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UKFFIG. B THE AIR AT NORTH_WILKESBORO/WILKES_CNTYTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.4 F, 64.4 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 POINTTITLENorth_Wilkesboro/Wilkes_Cnty, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS UKFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UKF-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 North_Wilkesboro/Wilkes_Cnty, 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 UKFFIG. C THE WIND AT NORTH_WILKESBORO/WILKES_CNTYPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLENorth_Wilkesboro/Wilkes_Cnty, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS UKFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UKF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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