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Spencer, North Carolina

Town in Rowan County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Spencer

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Rowan County (NC), 6 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-23.7 mi
  • Ozone31Good30 ppb9.7 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1 ppb9.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 64, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Spencer

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Mon 2 AM, lowest 3 miles Sat 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Spencer, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

LexingtonLXFN7

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.7 mi away/748 ft/43 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank616of 2,243

measured daily2 instruments

Spencer 0.2 WSWNC-RW-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/715 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

SalisburySBYN7

At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/696 ft/9 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Rowan_County_Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.8 mi from Spencer, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 6:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,300 ft, broken at 7,000 ft, overcast at 9,500 ft; the ceiling is 7,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Rowan_County_Airport, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 9,500 feet, the ceiling at 7,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RUQFIG. A THE SKY OVER ROWAN_COUNTY_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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 9,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 7,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,300 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERowan_County_Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RUQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RUQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

54.7 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Rowan_County_Airport: temperature 54.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RUQFIG. B THE AIR AT ROWAN_COUNTY_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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,300 FTTEMPERATURE 54.7 FDEW POINT 50.0 FSPREAD 4.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLERowan_County_Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RUQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RUQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rowan_County_Airport, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RUQFIG. C THE WIND AT ROWAN_COUNTY_AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERowan_County_Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RUQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RUQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Salisbury (SBYN7), 2.7 miles from here, read 8 Oct, 19:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Carolina

16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Spencer

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

Near Spencer

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