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Graham, North Carolina

City in Alamance County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Graham

Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Durham County (NC), 29 miles off.

30Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good22.7 mi
  • Ozone30Good27 ppb17.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good22.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 69, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Graham

0.31 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
0.31in
Last 3 days
0.31in

Visibility

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

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Graham, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Graham 0.8 NENC-AL-21

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/603 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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GrahamGRHN7

At a cooperative observer's station/1.6 mi away/551 ft/58 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Burlington-Alamance_Reg_(ASOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.5 mi from Graham, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 6:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 5,500 ft, overcast at 7,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,500 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Burlington-Alamance_Reg_(ASOS), height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,500 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BUYFIG. A THE SKY OVER BURLINGTON-ALAMANCE_REG_(ASOS)SECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 7,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 5,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLEBurlington-Alamance_Reg_(ASOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BUYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-BUY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 52.0 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 5,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Burlington-Alamance_Reg_(ASOS): temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 52.0, 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 5,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BUYFIG. B THE AIR AT BURLINGTON-ALAMANCE_REG_(ASOS)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 51.5 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 5,500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 54.0 F, 52.0 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 POINTTITLEBurlington-Alamance_Reg_(ASOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BUYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-BUY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (20 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Burlington-Alamance_Reg_(ASOS), north up: blowing from 20 degrees, the north northeast, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BUYFIG. C THE WIND AT BURLINGTON-ALAMANCE_REG_(ASOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 20°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBurlington-Alamance_Reg_(ASOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BUYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-BUY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Burlington-Alamance_Reg_(ASOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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