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Ruffin, North Carolina

Community in Rockingham County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Ruffin

Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Person County (NC), 32 miles off.

30Good
  • Ozone30Good30 ppb10.3 mi

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 50, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ruffin

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
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Visibility

How far you can see at Ruffin, the next 45 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Ruffin, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

ReidsvilleSIF

At an airfield/16.8 mi away/692 ft/38 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank591of 2,255

measured daily2 instruments

Ruffin 0.8 SNC-RG-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/626 ft/28 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Reidsville 2 NWRDVN7

At a cooperative observer's station/9.1 mi away/817 ft/163 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank16of 2,255

Station report

The weather at Reidsville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.8 mi from Ruffin, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Reidsville, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SIFFIG. A THE SKY OVER REIDSVILLESECTION, 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 SHEETSCT 1,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEReidsville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SIFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SIF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 67.5 F, 95 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 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Reidsville: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.5, 95 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 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SIFFIG. B THE AIR AT REIDSVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 69.0 F, 67.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 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 POINTTITLEReidsville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SIFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SIF-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 Reidsville, 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 SIFFIG. C THE WIND AT REIDSVILLEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEReidsville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SIFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SIF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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