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Spindale, North Carolina

Town in Rutherford County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Spindale

Index 69, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Greenville-Spartanburg (SC), 33 miles off.

69Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)69Moderate-
  • Ozone41Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)21Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 62, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Spindale

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Spindale, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 6 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Spindale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Rutherfordton 1.1 NENC-RT-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/1,076 ft/39 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Rutherfordton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.7 mi from Spindale, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:55 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 Rutherfordton, 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 FQDFIG. A THE SKY OVER RUTHERFORDTONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLERutherfordton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FQDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FQD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

73.4 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 69 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Rutherfordton: temperature 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 69 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FQDFIG. B THE AIR AT RUTHERFORDTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.1 FTEMPERATURE 73.4 FDEW POINT 62.6 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 69 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 POINTTITLERutherfordton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FQDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FQD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rutherfordton, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FQDFIG. C THE WIND AT RUTHERFORDTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERutherfordton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FQDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FQD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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