Parks/North Carolina/Duke Homestead State Historic Site

Duke Homestead State Historic Site, North Carolina

State Historic Site in Durham County, North Carolina

60° 71°/52°

Clear· Feels like 60°·Light air 4 mph NNE

Now. Duke Homestead State Historic Site is 60° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the north-northeast at 4 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 68° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 84°, and the coolest Sunday, near 73°. Rain is likely Sunday (57%) and Monday (55%).

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:52 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 15% lit, and rises at 4:02 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 38 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

37Air quality

83%Humidity

3%Cloud

Now

2:00 AM

60feels60

Today

Oct 6

7152

UV 6

Wed

Oct 7

7647

UV 7

Thu

Oct 8

8453

UV 6

Fri

Oct 9

7858

Sat

Oct 10

7554

10%

Sun

Oct 11

7356

57%

Mon

Oct 12

7658

55%

60°

71°52°

76°47°

84°53°

78°58°

75°54°

73°56°

76°58°

As of 2:00 AM in Duke Homestead State Historic Site, North Carolina.

Air quality

The air at Duke Homestead State Historic Site

Index 37, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Durham County (NC), 2 miles off.

37Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good0.9 mi
Ozone2Good2 ppb0.9 mi
Coarse particles (PM10)15Good0.9 mi
Nitrogen dioxide7Good7.8 ppb12.7 mi
Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb22.8 mi
Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm12.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Thu Oct 8, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.

GoodModerate

27YesterdayOct 5
45TodayOct 6
48WedOct 7
50ThuOct 8

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Wed 8 PM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Duke Homestead State Historic Site

None in the last 24 hours; 0.05 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: 0.05in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%

Visibility

How far you can see at Duke Homestead State Historic Site, the next 43 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Tue 2 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.

Park

Designation: State Historic Site
Area: 2,050,000 sq ft
Height at its point: 389 ft
County: Durham County
State: North Carolina
Latitude: 36.0350° N
Longitude: 78.9236° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Duke Homestead State Historic Site, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station EW3176EW3176

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/379 ft/10 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Raingage At Ellerbe Cr At Club Blvd At Durham360111078534145

At a river or reservoir gauge/1.9 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Durham - Duke North HeliportTQV

At an airfield/2.1 mi away/394 ft/5 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Durham 11 W03758

At a climate reference station/10.3 mi away/562 ft/173 ft above here