Citizen station FW6276FW6276
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.6 mi away/412 ft/144 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/North Carolina/Jackson Springs
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 8 AM, the chance peaking at 76% around 9 AM.
Now. Jackson Springs is 62° and clear at 7 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the southwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 52° by 8 AM, with some cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 70°, and the coolest Sunday, near 58°. Rain is likely tomorrow (78%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:42 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:49 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 7:00 AM in Jackson Springs, North Carolina.
Air quality
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Montgomery County (NC), 17 miles off.
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 63, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 10 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Jackson Springs, North CarolinaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Jackson Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.
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Citizen station FW6276FW6276
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.6 mi away/412 ft/144 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/13.6 mi away/463 ft/93 ft below here
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At a river or reservoir gauge/16.9 mi away/512 ft/44 ft below here
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measured daily2 instruments
Jackson Springs 2.5 NWNC-MR-28
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/523 ft/33 ft below here
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Jackson Springs 3WSWJKSN7
At a cooperative observer's station/3.4 mi away/591 ft/35 ft above here
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Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 13.6 mi from Jackson Springs, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
67.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.
From the southwest (230 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
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Snow on the ground
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.