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Kings Mountain, North Carolina

City in Cleveland County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Kings Mountain

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lincoln County (NC), 18 miles off.

17Good
  • Ozone17Good15 ppb14.3 mi

The days ahead

Highest 67, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Kings Mountain

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Kings Mountain, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Sat 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Kings Mountain, 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 now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Kings Mountain 0.7 WSWNC-CV-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/896 ft/67 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Shelby 2NNESLYN7

At a cooperative observer's station/11.6 mi away/900 ft/63 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2,244of 2,255

Station report

The weather at Gastonia_Mcpl_(ASOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.3 mi from Kings Mountain, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Gastonia_Mcpl_(ASOS), height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AKHFIG. A THE SKY OVER GASTONIA_MCPL_(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: 9 MI0510TITLEGastonia_Mcpl_(ASOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AKHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AKH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

67.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Gastonia_Mcpl_(ASOS): temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AKHFIG. B THE AIR AT GASTONIA_MCPL_(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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 67.0 F, 66.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEGastonia_Mcpl_(ASOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AKHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AKH-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 Gastonia_Mcpl_(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 AKHFIG. C THE WIND AT GASTONIA_MCPL_(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 FORCE73TITLEGastonia_Mcpl_(ASOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AKHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AKH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Shelby 2NNE (SLYN7), 11.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Carolina

16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Kings Mountain

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Kings Mountain

River and lake gauges