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Oakboro, North Carolina

Town in Stanly County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Oakboro

Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Union County (NC), 20 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-22.5 mi
  • Ozone13Good29 ppb22.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.6 ppb22.5 mi

The days ahead

Highest 71, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 49, good.

Smoke, the next 46 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 Oakboro

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Oakboro, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Oakboro, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

AlbemarleVUJ

At an airfield/16.6 mi away/610 ft/86 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank618of 2,255

measured daily2 instruments

Polkton 12.5 NNWNC-AN-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/472 ft/52 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Water PltNTPN7

At a cooperative observer's station/13.8 mi away/722 ft/198 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Albemarle, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.6 mi from Oakboro, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Sky obscured at 500 ft; the ceiling is 500 ft; visibility 1/2 mi.

Section of the sky over Albemarle, height above the station to scale: sky obscured cloud with its base at 500 feet, the ceiling at 500 feet, and visibility of 1/2 mi.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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETVV 500 FTSKY OBSCURED, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/2 MI0510TITLEAlbemarle, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VUJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VUJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.0 F with a dew point of 59.4 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 500 ft.

Chart of the air at Albemarle: temperature 60.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.4, 98 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 500 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, VV 500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.0 F, 59.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Albemarle, 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 VUJFIG. C THE WIND AT ALBEMARLEPLAN, 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 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

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

Near Oakboro

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

Near Oakboro

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