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Franklin, New Hampshire

City in Merrimack County, New Hampshire

Air quality

The air at Franklin

Index 13, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Belknap County (NH), 12 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1 ppb24 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 8, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Franklin

None in the last 24 hours; 0.40 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.40in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Franklin, New HampshireReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Franklin, 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 now5 instruments

LaconiaLCI

At an airfield/14.3 mi away/531 ft/225 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 385

Mascoma RiverS2043

At a soil climate station/29.7 mi away/1,400 ft/1,094 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank205of 385

measured daily2 instruments

DamFFLN3

At a dam/1.5 mi away/463 ft/157 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank247of 385

Station report

The weather at Laconia, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.3 mi from Franklin, New Hampshire. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:56 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 Laconia, 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 LCIFIG. A THE SKY OVER LACONIASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELaconia, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LCITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LCI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

38.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 92 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Laconia: temperature 38.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.0, 92 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LCIFIG. B THE AIR AT LACONIATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.5 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 38.0 F, 36.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 92 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 POINTTITLELaconia, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LCITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LCI-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 Laconia, 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 LCIFIG. C THE WIND AT LACONIAPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLELaconia, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LCITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LCI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Dam (FFLN3), 1.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New Hampshire

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

Near Franklin

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

Near Franklin

River and lake gauges