Special Weather Statement SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - Buncombe
METRIC | IMPERIAL
Updated: May-02-2025 @ 11:00pm   (0 sec ago)
Temperature Current Conditions Forecast / Storm Prediction
Currently Outside: Colder 3.1°F than last hour.

56.2°F

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High Today
71.1°F
3:33 PM
Low Today
56.1°F
10:23 AM
Yest High
70.3°F
5:58 PM
Yest Low
58.1°F
11:46 PM
Sta* High
82.3°F
2012
Sta* Low
41.5°F
2023
* This Station's Records Since 3/2006
Night time, Stopped raining, Mostly cloudy Night time, Stopped raining, Mostly cloudy

Wind from SSW Wind:  SSW
2.2

Gusting to:
3.0 mph
Current Rain Rain:
0.26 in
Chandler Burning Index: LOW Current CBI
Fire Danger:
-1.8 of 100
Tonight

Tonight: Showers And Thunderstorms
Showers And T-Storms
Saturday

Saturday: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Chance Showers And T-Storms
Saturday
Night
Saturday Night: Showers And Thunderstorms
Showers And T-Storms
Lo 56°F Hi 73°F Lo 51°F
SPC Activity Map
Dew Point Liquid Precipitation Wind Speed Sun/Moon
Current: Decreased 2.2°F since last hour. 55.1°F
Last Hour: Decreased 2.2°F since last hour. -2.2°F
High 2:35 PM: 62.9°F
Low 10:41 PM: 54.9°F
Record High: 78.3°F on
Jul-6-2022
Record Low: -11.0°F on
Feb-19-2015
Wetbulb: 55.6°F
Today: 0.26 in
Storm Rain: 0.32 in
Yesterday: 0.06 in
Last 7 Days: 0.50 in
May Rain: 0.32 in
May to Date
  Avg:10
0.20 in
May to Date
  Diff from Avg:10
Over 0.12 in for the month 0.12 in
May Avg: 6.00 in
Diff from Avg: Under 5.68 in for the month 5.68 in
Season:1 21.33 in
YTD
  Avg:11
23.24 in
YTD
  Diff from Avg:11
Under 1.91 in for the year 1.91 in
Last Rain
Time/Date:
May-2-2025
at 10:57 PM
41 rain days in 2025
2 days in May
0 days since last rain
Current: SSW  2.2 mph
1Hr Average: 2.6 mph
Wind Run: 39.77 miles
Wind Gust
Current: 3.0 mph
Today: 13.0 mph 3:39 PM
Month: 15.0 mph May-1
Year: 32.2 mph Mar-15
Record Gust: 42.6 mph
Oct-29-2020
Sunlight:
13 hrs 40 min
36 sec
of Sunlight Today
Which is
1 min 53 sec longer than
yesterday
(Noon ?>) graph (Midnight
Legend

Waxing Crescent
Waxing Crescent, 5 days, 7 hours, 32 minutes in cycle
33%
Illuminated
Humidity Barometer
Current: Increased 3% since last hour. 96%
Last Hour: Increased 3% since last hour. 3%
High 10:42 AM: 98%
Low 3:46 PM: 66%
Record High: 100%
Nov-2-2007
Record Low: 11%
Mar-16-2015
Current: Rising 0.029  inHg/hr 29.963 inHg
Last Hour: Rising
High 10:09 AM: 29.987
Low 4:33 PM: 29.873
Record High: 30.900 inHg
Jan-3-2008
Record Low: 26.494 inHg
Sep-6-2021
Heating Degree Days Lightning Strikes Wind Chill Air
Today: 5.3
May: 6.0
2025 to Date: 2500.4
Cooling Degree Days
2025 to Date: 20.5
Last Min: 0
Last 5 Mins: 0
Last 30 Mins: 0
Last 60 Mins: 2
Last 12 Hrs: 1963
May: 1977
2025 to Date: 66951
Last
Strike:
22:16:49
Feb-05-2025
Current: 56.2°F
Low 10:33 PM: 54.0°F
Yesterday: 57.7°F
Record: -19.8°F
Feb-19-2015
Quality
Index6:

32


Good
Density:
1.23 kg/m3
UV Summary/Forecast Solar Summary
High Today:   8.5 @ 2:39 PM
May-03

9.8
May-04

9.0
May-05

8.0
High Today:  
758 W/m2 @ 2:39 PM
Sun Hours Today:
03:55
   This Month: 11:19 Hrs
Rise: 6:38 am  Set: 8:19 pm
Almanac Irrigation Index5 Station All Time Records Cloud Level
Currently: Evening
YTD Avg Temp: 44.5°F
Sunrise: 6:38 am
Sunset: 8:19 pm
Moonrise: 11:55 am
Moonset: 2:01 am
Full Moon: May-12-2025
New Moon: 03:03 UTC
May-26-2025
Updated at Midnight
Current ET: 0.06 in
7-Days Rain: 0.50 in
7-Days ET: 0.45 in
7-Day:  0.055 in water in excess of what evaporated in last 7 days. 0.055 in
May:  0.26 in water in excess of what evaporated this month. 0.26 in
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HIGHS: LOWS:
89.4°F
Jun-30-2012
-5.3°F
Jan-7-2014
Daytime Records
  85.8°F°F
Jul-01-2012
  5.9°F°F
Jan-07-2014
Nitetime Records
  75.6°F°F
Jul-01-2012
  0.3°F°F
Jan-07-2014
ICN:1 | S3C2:3 | Ajax 3.xx
ISS:Ok | CON:4.6 | RCP:100%
1 Rain season: Jan 1st to Dec 31st.   5 Estimated amount of water needed to replace the water used by plants and evaporation from the past week. (Negative numbers mean amount of water needed, positive numbers mean excess water is present).   6 Air Quality Index is provided by North Carolina Division of Air Quality and is updated hourly between the hours of 6AM and Midnight.   10 Historical average only to day 2 of just the month of May for this station since 2007.   11 Historical average rain this season to day 2 of May for this station since 2007.
 NWS Weather Forecast  -   Outlook Tonight & Saturday
Tonight

Tonight: Showers And Thunderstorms
Showers And T-Storms

Lo 56°F
NWS forecast: Showers and thunderstorms before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. Southwest wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Local station forecast: Partly cloudy and cooler.
Saturday

Saturday: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Chance Showers And T-Storms

Hi 73°F
NWS forecast: A chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between noon and 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1pm and 3pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. Southwest wind 3 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
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