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Siler City, North Carolina

Town in Chatham County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Siler City

Index 50, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Montgomery County (NC), 37 miles off.

50Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)50Good-
  • Ozone45Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 55, moderate, Fri 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Siler City

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Siler City, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 9 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Siler City, 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 now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Siler City 0.4 NNENC-CH-33

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/620 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Water Tr PltRDLN7

At a cooperative observer's station/19.7 mi away/689 ft/63 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Siler City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.9 mi from Siler City, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Siler City, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SCRFIG. A THE SKY OVER SILER CITYSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESiler City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SCRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SCR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

75.0 F with a dew point of 64.8 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Siler City: temperature 75.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.8, 71 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SCRFIG. B THE AIR AT SILER CITYTHE 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 F80 F90 FSATURATES 2,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.4 FTEMPERATURE 75.0 FDEW POINT 64.8 FSPREAD 10.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 71 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 POINTTITLESiler City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SCRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SCR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Siler City, 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 SCRFIG. C THE WIND AT SILER CITYPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLESiler City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SCRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SCR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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