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Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina

Town in Wake County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Fuquay-Varina

Index 65, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Wake County (NC), 20 miles off.

65Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)65Moderate18.4 mi
  • Ozone24Good15 ppb18.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)24Good21.2 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide10Good11.7 ppb19.1 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb22 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.6 ppm19.1 mi

The days ahead

Highest 71, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 71, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fuquay-Varina

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fuquay-Varina, the next 42 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fuquay-Varina, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Fuquay-Varina 0.4 NNC-WK-97

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/413 ft/3 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Cary Coop StaCRYN7

At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/440 ft/24 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank149of 2,255

Station report

The weather at Erwin/Harnett_County_Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.2 mi from Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 100 ft; visibility 2.5 mi.

Section of the sky over Erwin/Harnett_County_Arpt, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 100 feet, and visibility of 2.5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HRJFIG. A THE SKY OVER ERWIN/HARNETT_COUNTY_ARPTSECTION, 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 100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 2.5 MI0510TITLEErwin/Harnett_County_Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HRJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HRJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

66.2 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 99 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 100 ft.

Chart of the air at Erwin/Harnett_County_Arpt: temperature 66.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 99 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HRJFIG. B THE AIR AT ERWIN/HARNETT_COUNTY_ARPTTHE 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 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 66.2 F, 66.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 99 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 POINTTITLEErwin/Harnett_County_Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HRJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HRJ-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 Erwin/Harnett_County_Arpt, 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 HRJFIG. C THE WIND AT ERWIN/HARNETT_COUNTY_ARPTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEErwin/Harnett_County_Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HRJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HRJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Cary Coop Sta (CRYN7), 8.6 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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