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Troy, North Carolina

Town in Montgomery County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Troy

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Montgomery County (NC), 2 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
  • Ozone25Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 62, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Troy

0.10 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.10in
Last 3 days
0.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Troy, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 10 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Troy, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

AlbemarleVUJ

At an airfield/14.9 mi away/610 ft/22 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank477of 2,243

measured daily2 instruments

Troy 4.9 NNC-MG-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/616 ft/16 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Jackson Springs 3WSWJKSN7

At a cooperative observer's station/17.3 mi away/591 ft/41 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Albemarle, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.9 mi from Troy, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 6,500 ft; the ceiling is 6,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Albemarle, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, the ceiling at 6,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VUJFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALBEMARLESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 6,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAlbemarle, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VUJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-VUJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

55.0 F with a dew point of 53.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Albemarle: temperature 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VUJFIG. B THE AIR AT ALBEMARLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 52.5 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 6,500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 55.0 F, 53.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEAlbemarle, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VUJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-VUJ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Albemarle, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VUJFIG. C THE WIND AT ALBEMARLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAlbemarle, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VUJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-VUJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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

Near Troy

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

Near Troy

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