Storm Station
Canton, North Carolina
58°
Clear· Feels like 58°·Light breeze 6 mph W
Mostly clear, with a low around 41. West wind around 3 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
64%Humidity
10%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Canton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

IP Station RAWSCBTN7

A remote fire weather station/9.1 mi away/5,156 ft/2,516 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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Asheville 8 SSW53877

At a climate reference station/13.0 mi away/2,151 ft/489 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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Asheville_Municipal_(ASOS)AVL

At an airfield/18.2 mi away/2,169 ft/471 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank38of 914

measured daily2 instruments

Canton 0.9 NNENC-HW-77

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/2,742 ft/102 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Candler 1WCDRN7

At a cooperative observer's station/7.7 mi away/2,234 ft/406 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Asheville_Municipal_(ASOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.2 mi from Canton. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:54 AM 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 Asheville_Municipal_(ASOS), 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 AVLFIG. A THE SKY OVER ASHEVILLE_MUNICIPAL_(ASOS)SECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEAsheville_Municipal_(ASOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AVLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-AVL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 45.0 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Asheville_Municipal_(ASOS): temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.0, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AVLFIG. B THE AIR AT ASHEVILLE_MUNICIPAL_(ASOS)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.2 FTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 45.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLEAsheville_Municipal_(ASOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AVLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-AVL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (60 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Asheville_Municipal_(ASOS), north up: blowing from 60 degrees, the east northeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AVLFIG. C THE WIND AT ASHEVILLE_MUNICIPAL_(ASOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 60°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAsheville_Municipal_(ASOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AVLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-AVL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Asheville_Municipal_(ASOS), 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 Canton

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