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Garner, North Carolina

Town in Wake County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Garner

Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Wake County (NC), 16 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good11.8 mi
  • Ozone23Good30 ppb11.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good11.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.3 ppb11.8 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb11.8 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm11.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 65, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Garner

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
0.09in

Visibility

How far you can see at Garner, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 8 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Garner, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Garner 0.1 WNC-WK-375

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/287 ft/23 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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N.C. State Univ.RALN7

At a cooperative observer's station/8.2 mi away/466 ft/156 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Raleigh / Durham, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.3 mi from Garner, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 6:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 800 ft, overcast at 2,500 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Raleigh / Durham, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,500 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDUFIG. A THE SKY OVER RALEIGH / DURHAMSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLERaleigh / Durham, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RDUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RDU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 54.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Raleigh / Durham: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 54.0, 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDUFIG. B THE AIR AT RALEIGH / DURHAMTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 56.0 F, 54.0 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 POINTTITLERaleigh / Durham, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RDUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RDU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Raleigh / Durham, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 12 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RDUFIG. C THE WIND AT RALEIGH / DURHAMPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERaleigh / Durham, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RDUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RDU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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