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Macon, North Carolina

Town in Warren County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Macon

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Granville County (NC), 33 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-24.6 mi
  • Ozone25Good-
  • Nitrogen dioxide0Good0.8 ppb24.6 mi

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Macon

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 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 Macon, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 3 miles Sat 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Macon, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Warrenton 2.6 ESENC-WR-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/373 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

HendersonHDRN7

At a cooperative observer's station/17.5 mi away/463 ft/84 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,113of 2,255

Station report

The weather at Henderson-Oxford_Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 25.3 mi from Macon, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 500 ft; the ceiling is 500 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Henderson-Oxford_Arpt, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 500 feet, the ceiling at 500 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HNZFIG. A THE SKY OVER HENDERSON-OXFORD_ARPTSECTION, 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 SHEETBKN 500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEHenderson-Oxford_Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HNZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HNZ-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 65.3 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 500 ft.

Chart of the air at Henderson-Oxford_Arpt: temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.3, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HNZFIG. B THE AIR AT HENDERSON-OXFORD_ARPTTHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 67.0 F, 65.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEHenderson-Oxford_Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HNZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HNZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Henderson-Oxford_Arpt, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HNZFIG. C THE WIND AT HENDERSON-OXFORD_ARPTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHenderson-Oxford_Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HNZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HNZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Henderson-Oxford_Arpt, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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

Near Macon

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

Near Macon

River and lake gauges