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Stanley, North Carolina

Town in Gaston County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Stanley

Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lincoln County (NC), 11 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-16.3 mi
  • Ozone13Good5 ppb11.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-19.7 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide9Good10.4 ppb16.3 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb19.7 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm19.7 mi

The days ahead

Highest 67, moderate, today, led by ozone.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Stanley

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Stanley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Stanley 1.5 SSWNC-GS-80

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/752 ft/68 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Lincolnton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.5 mi from Stanley, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Sky obscured at 700 ft; the ceiling is 700 ft; visibility 1 mi.

Section of the sky over Lincolnton, height above the station to scale: sky obscured cloud with its base at 700 feet, the ceiling at 700 feet, and visibility of 1 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IPJFIG. A THE SKY OVER LINCOLNTONSECTION, 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 SHEETVV 700 FTSKY OBSCURED, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1 MI0510TITLELincolnton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IPJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IPJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.2 F with a dew point of 61.7 F, 98 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 700 ft.

Chart of the air at Lincolnton: temperature 62.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.7, 98 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 700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IPJFIG. B THE AIR AT LINCOLNTONTHE 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 61.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, VV 700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.2 F, 61.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 POINTTITLELincolnton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IPJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IPJ-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 Lincolnton, 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 IPJFIG. C THE WIND AT LINCOLNTONPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLELincolnton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IPJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IPJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Lincolnton, 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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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Stanley

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