Storm Station
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
62°
Clear· Feels like 62°·Light breeze 4 mph NNW
Sunny, with a high near 80. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
56%Humidity
3%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Chapel Hill, 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

Durham 11 W03758

At a climate reference station/4.2 mi away/562 ft/144 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Chapel Hill 1.0 SSENC-OR-113

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/319 ft/99 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Wtr PltCPLN7

At a cooperative observer's station/2.2 mi away/463 ft/45 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Durham - Duke North Heliport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.4 mi from Chapel Hill. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:30 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 10,000 ft, broken at 12,000 ft; the ceiling is 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Durham - Duke North Heliport, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, the ceiling at 12,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TQVFIG. A THE SKY OVER DURHAM - DUKE NORTH HELIPORTSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 12,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 10,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDurham - Duke North Heliport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TQVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TQV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 48.2 F, 67 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 10,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Durham - Duke North Heliport: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 67 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 10,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TQVFIG. B THE AIR AT DURHAM - DUKE NORTH HELIPORTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.8 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 10,000 FTTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 48.2 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 67 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 POINTTITLEDurham - Duke North Heliport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TQVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TQV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Durham - Duke North Heliport, north up: at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TQVFIG. C THE WIND AT DURHAM - DUKE NORTH HELIPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDurham - Duke North Heliport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TQVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TQV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Durham - Duke North Heliport, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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Near Chapel Hill

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