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Granite Falls, North Carolina

Town in Caldwell County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Granite Falls

Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Catawba County (NC), 7 miles off.

51Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate6.1 mi
  • Ozone-10 ppb10.9 mi

The days ahead

Highest 67, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Granite Falls

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Granite Falls, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Granite Falls, 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 now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Granite Falls 1.1 SENC-CD-18

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/1,041 ft/164 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Hickory_Regional_(ASOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.6 mi from Granite Falls, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM 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 Hickory_Regional_(ASOS), 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 HKYFIG. A THE SKY OVER HICKORY_REGIONAL_(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 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 MORE0510TITLEHickory_Regional_(ASOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HKYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HKY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

70.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Hickory_Regional_(ASOS): temperature 70.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HKYFIG. B THE AIR AT HICKORY_REGIONAL_(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 STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.0 FTEMPERATURE 70.0 FDEW POINT 66.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEHickory_Regional_(ASOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HKYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HKY-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 Hickory_Regional_(ASOS), 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 HKYFIG. C THE WIND AT HICKORY_REGIONAL_(ASOS)PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEHickory_Regional_(ASOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HKYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HKY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near Granite Falls

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