In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/1,066 ft/87 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/North Carolina/Pilot Mountain
Pilot Mountain, North Carolina
Town in Surry County, North Carolina66°
83°/63°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 66°·Light air 1 mph E
Coming up. Tomorrow is 25 degrees cooler: a high of 58° after 83° today.
Now. Pilot Mountain is 66° and partly cloudy at 1 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the east at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 62): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. Rain is possible tomorrow (37%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:45 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
62Air quality
96%Humidity
50%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
66feels66
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
8363
22%
13mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5848
37%
14mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
5838
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6438
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7043
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7045
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
6846
UV 6
66°
83°63°
58°48°
58°38°
64°38°
70°43°
70°45°
68°46°
As of 1:00 AM in Pilot Mountain, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Pilot Mountain
Index 62, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Forsyth County-Winston-Salem-Greensboro-High Point (NC), 30 miles off.
62Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)62Moderate23.6 mi
- Ozone31Good26 ppb23.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)18Good23.6 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.6 ppb23.6 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb23.6 mi
The days ahead
Highest 59, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 56YesterdayOct 15
- 59TodayOct 16
- 34SatOct 17
- 36SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pilot Mountain
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Pilot Mountain, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Pilot Mountain, North CarolinaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Pilot Mountain, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rank2,174of 2,255
Raingage At Ararat River At Ararat362416080334345
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mount_Airy/Surry_County_AprtMWK
At an airfield/6.7 mi away/1,247 ft/94 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Pilot Mountain 0.3 WNC-SR-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,084 ft/69 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
KingKIGN7
At a cooperative observer's station/9.3 mi away/1,110 ft/43 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at King (KIGN7), 9.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in North Carolina
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Pilot Mountain
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Pinnaclecommunity, 5 mi
- Kingcity, 10 mi
- White Plainscommunity, 10 mi
- Flat Rockcommunity, 10 mi
- Mount Airycity, 11 mi
- Toastcommunity, 12 mi
- East Bendtown, 12 mi
- Smithtowncommunity, 12 mi
- Tobaccovillevillage, 12 mi
- Dobsontown, 14 mi
- Danburytown, 14 mi
- Rural Halltown, 15 mi