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New London, North Carolina

Town in Stanly County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at New London

Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Montgomery County (NC), 19 miles off.

35Good
  • Ozone35Good-

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 63, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at New London

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at New London, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 4 miles Sat 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest New London, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

AlbemarleVUJ

At an airfield/4.1 mi away/610 ft/100 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank618of 2,255

measured daily2 instruments

New London 3.0 SNC-SN-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/559 ft/151 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Albemarle Coop StaALBN7

At a cooperative observer's station/3.0 mi away/646 ft/64 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Albemarle, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.1 mi from New London, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 4,600 ft, broken at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 4,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Albemarle, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 4,600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 4,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VUJFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALBEMARLESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 5,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 4,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAlbemarle, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VUJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VUJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

86.0 F with a dew point of 66.2 F, 52 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Albemarle: temperature 86.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.2, 52 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VUJFIG. B THE AIR AT ALBEMARLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 F100 FSATURATES 4,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 4,600 FTTEMPERATURE 86.0 FDEW POINT 66.2 FSPREAD 19.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 52 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 POINTTITLEAlbemarle, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VUJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VUJ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 9 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 Albemarle, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 9 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 VUJFIG. C THE WIND AT ALBEMARLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAlbemarle, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VUJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VUJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Albemarle, 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 New London

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