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Rutherford College, North Carolina

Town in Burke County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Rutherford College

Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Catawba County (NC), 11 miles off.

56Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate9.3 mi
  • Ozone-6 ppb12.8 mi

The days ahead

Highest 67, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Rutherford College

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Rutherford College, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Rutherford College, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Granite Falls 4.4 WNC-CD-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/1,158 ft/18 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Morganton-Lenoir_Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.7 mi from Rutherford College, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 100 ft; the ceiling is 100 ft; visibility 1/2 mi.

Section of the sky over Morganton-Lenoir_Airport, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 100 feet, the ceiling at 100 feet, and visibility of 1/2 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MRNFIG. A THE SKY OVER MORGANTON-LENOIR_AIRPORTSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/2 MI0510TITLEMorganton-Lenoir_Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MRNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MRN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 99 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 100 ft.

Chart of the air at Morganton-Lenoir_Airport: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 99 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 100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MRNFIG. B THE AIR AT MORGANTON-LENOIR_AIRPORTTHE 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 62.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 63.0 F, 62.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 99 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 POINTTITLEMorganton-Lenoir_Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MRNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MRN-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 Morganton-Lenoir_Airport, 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 MRNFIG. C THE WIND AT MORGANTON-LENOIR_AIRPORTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEMorganton-Lenoir_Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MRNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MRN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Morganton-Lenoir_Airport, 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 Rutherford College

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

Near Rutherford College

River and lake gauges