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Haw River, North Carolina

Town in Alamance County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Haw River

Index 73, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Durham County (NC), 27 miles off.

73Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)73Moderate24.7 mi
  • Ozone37Good23 ppb16.1 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)24Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 66, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Haw River

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. 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 Haw River, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 8 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Haw River, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Graham 0.8 NENC-AL-21

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/603 ft/21 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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GrahamGRHN7

At a cooperative observer's station/3.2 mi away/551 ft/31 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, 7.3 mi from Haw River, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 12:21 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,600 ft, overcast at 4,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Burlington-Alamance_Reg_(ASOS), height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBurlington-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

The air

67.0 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 75 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Burlington-Alamance_Reg_(ASOS): temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 75 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,600 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 57.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,600 FTTEMPERATURE 67.0 FDEW POINT 59.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 75 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-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Burlington-Alamance_Reg_(ASOS), north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle 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 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH 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

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Near Haw River

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