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Highlands, North Carolina

Town in Macon County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Highlands

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Macon County (NC), 14 miles off.

23Good
  • Ozone23Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Highlands

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 Highlands, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Highlands, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Franklin1A5

At an airfield/16.9 mi away/2,021 ft/1,812 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,285of 2,243

measured daily2 instruments

HighlandsHLDN7

At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/3,852 ft/19 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,180of 2,243

Highlands 1.4 NENC-MC-33

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/3,771 ft/62 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Franklin, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.9 mi from Highlands, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 12:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,700 ft, broken at 3,300 ft, overcast at 3,900 ft; the ceiling is 2,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Franklin, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,900 feet, the ceiling at 2,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1A5FIG. A THE SKY OVER FRANKLINSECTION, 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 3,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFranklin, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 1A5TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-1A5-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

54.3 F with a dew point of 44.8 F, 70 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Franklin: temperature 54.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.8, 70 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1A5FIG. B THE AIR AT FRANKLINTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,700 FTTEMPERATURE 54.3 FDEW POINT 44.8 FSPREAD 9.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 70 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 POINTTITLEFranklin, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1A5TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-1A5-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Franklin, north up: blowing from 30 degrees, the north northeast, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1A5FIG. C THE WIND AT FRANKLINPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 30°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFranklin, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1A5TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-1A5-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Franklin, 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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Near Highlands

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