Franklin, NC 28744 Weather

Macon County12:46 AM EDT35.18°N, 83.38°W

Current conditions

Clear
39°
Clear
Feels like 39°
High 72°·Low 40° tonight
WindCalm
Humidity95%
Dew point38°
Visibility10.0 mi
Cloud cover6%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:47 AM
Sunset6:50 PM

Observed at Macon County Airport · 31 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Mostly clear, with a low around 40. Wind around 0 mph.

  • Friday

    Areas of fog before 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. West wind around 1 mph.

  • Friday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 40. South wind around 2 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 5 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Clear 45°
  2. 1 AM Mostly Clear 44°
  3. 2 AM Mostly Clear 43°
  4. 3 AM Mostly Clear 42°
  5. 4 AM Partly Cloudy 42°
  6. 5 AM Mostly Cloudy 41°
  7. 6 AM Patchy Fog 41°
  8. 7 AM Patchy Fog 41°
  9. 8 AM Areas Of Fog 41°
  10. 9 AM Patchy Fog 41°
  11. 10 AM Patchy Fog 45°
  12. 11 AM Sunny 52°
  13. 12 PM Sunny 59°
  14. 1 PM Sunny 66°
  15. 2 PM Sunny 69°
  16. 3 PM Sunny 71°
  17. 4 PM Sunny 72°
  18. 5 PM Sunny 70°
  19. 6 PM Clear 68°
  20. 7 PM Clear 62°
  21. 8 PM Clear 54°
  22. 9 PM Clear 50°
  23. 10 PM Clear 47°
  24. 11 PM Clear 46°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 22 Mostly Clear Mostly Clear40°
  2. TodayOct 23 Areas Of Fog then Mostly Sunny Areas Of Fog then Mostly Sunny40°72°
  3. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny39°72°
  4. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny38°71°
  5. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny40°74°
  6. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny41°75°
  7. WedOct 28 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny43°73°
  8. ThuOct 29 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny73°
  9. FriOct 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy51°74°
  10. SatOct 31 Cloudy Cloudy0.20 in51°74°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

20
Good
Ozone

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • FriGood (42)
  • SatGood (38)
  • SunGood (35)

Macon County, NC reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:47 AM
Sunset 6:50 PM
Daylight 11 h 2 min (−2 min 4 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 89% lit
Moonrise 5:12 PM Moonset 5:02 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low60° / 38°
Month to date3.95 in (normal 4.71 in)

Highlands, records since 1893. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in GSP, issued 4 hrs ago

What Has Changed

The Aviation Discussion has been updated for the 00Z TAF issuance.

Key Messages

1. Dry through the middle of next week. Near to below normal highs develop Friday into the weekend before above normal highs return next week.

Discussion

Key message 1: Dry through the middle of next week. Near to below normal highs develop Friday into the weekend before above normal highs return next week.

The beautiful albeit dreadfully quiet weather pattern lingers through at least the middle of next week thanks to surface high pressure remaining the dominate feature over the eastern United States. The most "exciting" part of the forecast will be a dry and clear cold air damming wedge building over the GSP forecast area Friday into the weekend, allowing for the return of near normal to just below normal highs. Patchy frost is possible in the North Carolina mountains on both Saturday night and Sunday night thanks to great radiational cooling conditions and cooler lows. Slightly above normal highs return for next week.

Aviation

At KCLT and elsewhere: Conditions remain seasonably dry across the Terminal Forecast Area this evening, and VFR is forecast to prevail at the TAF sites through the period. Having said that, low level moisture is gradually increasing, and mountain valley fog/low stratus is expected to be a little more widespread than it was Thu morning...enough to warrant a tempo for MVFR visby at KAVL between 10-12Z. Mainly light/variable or calm winds are forecast overnight...perhaps favoring light NE. The NE winds will increase to 6-10 kts after sunrise Friday.

Outlook: Dry and VFR through the middle of next week outside of the potential for mountain valley fog and low stratus each morning.

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