At an airfield/8.1 mi away/528 ft/42 ft above here
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Weather/North Carolina/South Henderson
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 5 AM, the chance peaking at 84% around 9 AM.
Now. South Henderson is 65° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 53° by 8 AM, with some cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. Rain is likely tomorrow (93%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:36 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:41 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 day is 11 hours 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in South Henderson, North Carolina.
Air quality
Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Granville County (NC), 14 miles off.
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 8 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over South Henderson, North CarolinaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest South Henderson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/8.1 mi away/528 ft/42 ft above here
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A remote fire weather station/17.3 mi away/421 ft/65 ft below here
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Citizen station DW1869DW1869
In a volunteer observer's own ground/18.7 mi away/419 ft/67 ft below here
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measured daily2 instruments
Henderson 0.1 SNC-VN-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/498 ft/12 ft above here
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HendersonHDNN7
At a cooperative observer's station/3.1 mi away/351 ft/135 ft below here
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Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 8.1 mi from South Henderson, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 500 ft; the ceiling is 500 ft; visibility 5 mi.
65.0 F with a dew point of 64.8 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 500 ft.
From the south (190 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Henderson (HDNN7), 3.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.