Lincolnton, NC Weather

Lincoln County1:57 PM EDT35.47°N, 81.25°WElevation 833 ft

Current conditions

Clear
66°
Clear
Feels like 66°
High 70°·Low 41°
WindNE 11 mph
Humidity35%
Dew point37°
Pressure30.29 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover3%
Sunrise7:39 AM
Sunset6:41 PM

Observed at Gastonia Municipal Airport · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Friday

    Sunny, with a high near 70.

  • Friday Night

    Clear, with a low around 41.

  • Saturday

    Sunny, with a high near 64.

National Weather Service forecast updated 3 days ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 67°
  2. 2 PM Sunny 68°
  3. 3 PM Sunny 68°
  4. 4 PM Sunny 68°
  5. 5 PM Sunny 66°
  6. 6 PM Clear 64°
  7. 7 PM Clear 61°
  8. 8 PM Clear 58°
  9. 9 PM Clear 56°
  10. 10 PM Clear 54°
  11. 11 PM Clear 52°
  12. Sat12 AM Clear 50°
  13. 1 AM Clear 49°
  14. 2 AM Clear 48°
  15. 3 AM Clear 46°
  16. 4 AM Clear 44°
  17. 5 AM Clear 43°
  18. 6 AM Sunny 42°
  19. 7 AM Sunny 41°
  20. 8 AM Sunny 42°
  21. 9 AM Sunny 45°
  22. 10 AM Sunny 50°
  23. 11 AM Sunny 54°
  24. 12 PM Sunny 57°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TueOct 20 Sunny Sunny45°75°
  2. WedOct 21 Sunny Sunny42°72°
  3. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny46°74°
  4. TodayOct 23 Sunny Sunny41°70°
  5. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny40°64°
  6. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny41°69°
  7. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny46°74°
  8. TueOct 27 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy44°72°
  9. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy48°68°
  10. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy49°73°

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

26
Good
Ozone

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

Forecast

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

Lincoln 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 7:39 AM
Sunset 6:41 PM
Daylight 11 h 2 min (−2 min 4 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 93% lit
Moonrise 5:03 PM Moonset 4:53 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low72° / 48°
Record high85° (2005)
Record low28° (1987)
Wettest1.45 in (1983)
Month to date2.55 in (normal 2.65 in)

Gastonia, records since 1890. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in GSP, issued 26 min ago

What Has Changed

No major changes.

Key Messages

1. Dry with near to below normal highs through weekend before above normal highs return next week. Breezy northeast winds will develop east of the mountains over the weekend.

Discussion

Key message 1: Dry with near to below normal highs through weekend before above normal highs return next week. Breezy northeast winds will develop east of the mountains over the weekend.

The benign weather pattern continues through much of next week as dry high pressure remains in control. A dry and mostly clear cold air damming wedge builds over the region this weekend, allowing for the return of near to just below normal high temperatures and breezy NE winds. Wind gusts are mainly expected east of the mountains ranging from 15-25 mph (well below Wind Advisory criteria). Gusts should gradually taper off late Sunday evening into Sunday night. Great radiational cooling conditions will be in place over the weekend allowing frost to develop across the North Carolina mountains and the northern foothills (where winds will be lighter). Do not have a mention of frost in the northern and central North Carolina mountains (with the exception of Henderson County) as the growing season has already ended for these locations. An upper ridge building over the region early next week will allow warmer and above normal highs to return.

Aviation

At KCLT and elsewhere: Dry and VFR through the 18Z TAF period outside of the potential of patchy mountain valley fog/low stratus tonight into daybreak Saturday, mainly across portions of the Little TN Valley and the lower French Broad Valley. Fog is not expected to make it to KAVL. Some stratus may develop overnight into Saturday morning so maintained a mention of FEW MVFR for terminals east of the mountains, with FEW LIFR and SCT MVFR mentioned at KAVL. Confidence on stratus developing remains low at this time so went with TEMPOs outside of KHKY, as this terminal has the best chance to see stratus develop. Winds remain NE east of the mountains with low- end gusts possible, especially on Saturday. Winds at KAVL should briefly go SE today before going calm overnight into early Saturday morning. KAVL should see winds pick up out of the E/ESE by mid- morning Saturday.

Outlook: Breezy NE winds linger east of the mountains through Sunday. 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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