Citizen station FW7442FW7442
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/1,367 ft/922 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Parks/North Carolina/South Mountains State Park
South Mountains State Park, North Carolina
State Park in Burke County, North Carolina52°
69°/47°
Clear·
Feels like 52°·Calm 1 mph NNE
Now. South Mountains State Park is 52° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 52°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 68° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 80°, and the coolest Sunday, near 65°. Rain is likely Sunday (67%). Rain is possible Monday (48%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:04 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 15% lit, and rises at 4:15 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
29Air quality
91%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
52feels52
now, clear
Today
Oct 6
6947
UV 7
Wed
Oct 7
7546
UV 7
Thu
Oct 8
8050
UV 7
Fri
Oct 9
7652
UV 6
Sat
Oct 10
7051
14%
UV 6
Sun
Oct 11
6551
67%
Mon
Oct 12
7252
48%
52°
69°47°
75°46°
80°50°
76°52°
70°51°
65°51°
72°52°
As of 2:00 AM in South Mountains State Park, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at South Mountains State Park
Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Catawba County (NC), 24 miles off.
29Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good21.8 mi
The days ahead
Highest 52, moderate, Thu Oct 8, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 16, good.
GoodModerate
- 16YesterdayOct 5
- 45TodayOct 6
- 50WedOct 7
- 52ThuOct 8
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Wed 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at South Mountains State Park
None in the last 24 hours; 1.05 in over the last 3 days, to Tue 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 1.05in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at South Mountains State Park, the next 43 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
- 33 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 2,289 ft
- County
- Burke County
- State
- North Carolina
- Latitude
- 35.6048° N
- Longitude
- 81.7174° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest South Mountains State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Raingage At Fire Station 56 At Ramsey353459081334545
At a fire lookout or ranger station/8.8 mi away/1,291 ft/998 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/16.0 mi away/1,270 ft/1,019 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Morganton 5.4 SSWNC-BK-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/1,157 ft/1,132 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MorgantonMRGN7
At a cooperative observer's station/9.1 mi away/1,119 ft/1,170 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Morganton (MRGN7), 9.1 miles from here, read 29 Sep, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in North Carolina
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near South Mountains State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Salemcommunity, 7 mi
- Casartown, 9 mi
- Glen Alpinetown, 9 mi
- Morgantoncity, 10 mi
- Drexeltown, 12 mi
- Valdesetown, 13 mi
- Nebocommunity, 13 mi
- Polkvillecity, 14 mi
- Belwoodtown, 14 mi
- Rutherford Collegetown, 15 mi
- Glenwoodcommunity, 15 mi
- Connelly Springstown, 16 mi