Citizen station FW8985FW8985
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.3 mi away/1,044 ft/791 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Parks/North Carolina/Chimney Rock State Park
Chimney Rock State Park, North Carolina
State Park in Rutherford County, North Carolina55°
71°/49°
Clear·
Feels like 55°·Calm 1 mph NNE
Now. Chimney Rock State Park is 55° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 52°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 71° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 81°, and the coolest Sunday, near 67°. Rain is likely Sunday (69%). Rain is possible Monday (46%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:06 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 15% lit, and rises at 4:17 AM after midnight. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 39 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
90%Humidity
4%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
55feels55
now, clear
Today
Oct 6
7149
UV 7
Wed
Oct 7
7748
UV 7
Thu
Oct 8
8151
UV 7
Fri
Oct 9
7853
UV 6
Sat
Oct 10
7152
17%
UV 6
Sun
Oct 11
6752
69%
Mon
Oct 12
7453
46%
55°
71°49°
77°48°
81°51°
78°53°
71°52°
67°52°
74°53°
As of 1:00 AM in Chimney Rock State Park, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Chimney Rock State Park
Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Buncombe County (NC), 21 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good23.2 mi
- Ozone18Good14 ppb21 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good23.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Thu Oct 8, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 16, good.
GoodModerate
- 16YesterdayOct 5
- 45TodayOct 6
- 50WedOct 7
- 50ThuOct 8
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Wed 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Chimney Rock State Park
None in the last 24 hours; 0.76 in over the last 3 days, to Tue 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.76in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Chimney Rock State Park, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Wed 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 9.3 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 1,835 ft
- County
- Rutherford County
- State
- North Carolina
- Latitude
- 35.4250° N
- Longitude
- 82.2440° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Chimney Rock State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Raingage Mud Cr Williams St Nr Hendersonville351901082271345
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/16.5 mi away/2,169 ft/334 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Asheville 13 S53878
At a climate reference station/17.3 mi away/2,103 ft/268 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Lake Lure 2LKLN7
At a cooperative observer's station/3.2 mi away/1,102 ft/733 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Hendersonville 9.6 ENENC-HN-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.6 mi away/2,774 ft/939 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Lake Lure 2 (LKLN7), 3.2 miles from here, read 2 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in North Carolina
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Chimney Rock State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Chimney Rock Villagevillage, 2 mi
- Lake Luretown, 3 mi
- Edneyvillecommunity, 6 mi
- Gertoncommunity, 7 mi
- Fruitlandcommunity, 10 mi
- Danacommunity, 10 mi
- Fairviewcommunity, 11 mi
- Hoopers Creekcommunity, 12 mi
- Columbustown, 13 mi
- Barker Heightscommunity, 14 mi
- East Flat Rockcommunity, 14 mi
- Hendersonvillecity, 14 mi