Dense Fog for the Center of the Nation; Severe Thunderstorms Across the South; Parade of Pacific Storms Continue

Series of Pacific storms will continue to significantly impact portions of the West through this last weekend of 2024; Strong winds, high surf, heavy lower elevation rain and heavy mountain snow expected. Across the Plains, low visibility and dense fog will make for travel difficulties as warmer air lifts north. This will fuel severe thunderstorms across several southern states on Saturday. Read More >

U.S. Department of Commerce
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

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CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA
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HOURLY OBSERVATIONS TABLE
HICKORY REGIONAL AIRPORT (03810)
HICKORY , NC
(01/2010)

National Climatic Data Center
Federal Building
151 Patton Avenue
Asheville, North Carolina 28801

Elevation: 1171 ft. above sea level
Latitude: 35.741
Longitude: -81.390
Data Version: VER2

Date	Time (LST)	Station Type	Sky Conditions	Visibility (SM)	Weather Type	Dry Bulb Temp		Wet Bulb Temp		Dew Point Temp		Rel Humd %	Wind Speed (MPH)	Wind Dir	Wind Gusts (MPH)	Station Pressure (in. hg)	Press Tend	Net 3-hr Chg (mb)	Sea Level Pressure (in. hg)	Report Type	Precip. Total (in)	Alti- meter (in. hg)
Date	Time (LST)	Station Type	Sky Conditions	Visibility (SM)	Weather Type	(F)	(C)	(F)	(C)	(F)	(C)	Rel Humd %	Wind Speed (MPH)	Wind Dir	Wind Gusts (MPH)	Station Pressure (in. hg)	Press Tend	Net 3-hr Chg (mb)	Sea Level Pressure (in. hg)	Report Type	Precip. Total (in)	Alti- meter (in. hg)
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30	0001 0023 0025 0033 0043 0053 0103 0110 0153 0211 0231 0238 0251 0253 0353 0416 0426 0440 0451 0453 0515 0531 0551 0553 0619 0627 0634 0643 0650 0653 0715 0718 0725 0736 0751 0753 0853 0905 0920 0923 0939 0953 1033 1045 1051 1053 1057 1105 1153 1216 1224 1231 1242 1253 1339 1353 1453 1511 1553 1653 1753 1829 1853 1953 2053 2153 2253 2353	12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12	FEW008 SCT011 OVC029 SCT008 SCT011 OVC029 SCT008 BKN011 OVC029 BKN006 BKN011 OVC029 OVC006 BKN003 OVC008 VV004 VV006 BKN006 OVC010 SCT006 BKN010 OVC016 BKN008 OVC015 BKN006 OVC013 BKN006 OVC013 SCT004 BKN009 OVC013 BKN008 BKN016 OVC027 SCT008 BKN015 OVC038 BKN008 BKN013 OVC028 SCT008 BKN013 OVC028 OVC010 OVC010 FEW008 SCT012 OVC020 FEW009 SCT012 OVC023 SCT009 OVC026 SCT009 OVC026 FEW007 OVC026 FEW007 OVC026 FEW007 OVC026 OVC026 FEW009 OVC026 FEW009 BKN026 OVC031 SCT009 BKN014 OVC029 SCT009 BKN016 OVC029 BKN009 BKN016 OVC029 SCT009 OVC027 BKN011 BKN014 OVC027 FEW007 BKN011 OVC027 FEW010 BKN016 OVC042 FEW008 BKN018 OVC042 SCT008 BKN013 OVC040 FEW008 SCT013 OVC038 FEW010 OVC040 FEW010 OVC038 FEW009 BKN014 OVC038 BKN016 OVC034 FEW009 BKN016 OVC032 FEW009 BKN016 OVC032 BKN013 BKN018 OVC032 SCT011 BKN017 OVC032 FEW010 BKN018 OVC024 SCT013 BKN018 OVC024 BKN013 BKN018 OVC024 BKN013 OVC022 FEW013 OVC022 FEW013 BKN022 OVC036 BKN012 OVC020 OVC010 OVC014 OVC016 OVC018 OVC018 OVC022 FEW027 BKN070 OVC085 FEW029 SCT070 OVC085 OVC090 OVC070 BKN039 OVC080 OVC033 OVC037	4.00 2.00 1.75 1.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.00 1.25 1.00 1.00 0.75 1.00 1.00 1.25 2.00 4.00 7.00 7.00 6.00 6.00 2.00 1.75 1.75 2.50 3.00 2.00 1.50 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.75 1.75 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.75 2.00 3.00 2.50 4.00 4.00 3.00 4.00 2.50 2.50 3.00 4.00 2.00 1.75 2.50 4.00 5.00 8.00 7.00 7.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 9.00 9.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00	-SN BR -SN BR -SN BR -SN BR SN FZFG -SN BR -SN BR -SN BR -SN BR -SN BR -SN BR -SN BR -SN BR -SN BR -SN BR -SN BR UP BR -FZRA UP UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP BR UP HZ UP UP	28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 26 27 27 27 27 27 26 27 27 27 27 27 26 25 27 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 24 25 25 25 25 24 25 25 25 25 24 25 25 25 24 24 24 24 24 24	-2.0 -2.0 -2.0 -2.0 -2.0 -2.2 -2.0 -2.0 -2.2 -2.0 -2.0 -2.0 -2.0 -2.2 -2.8 -3.0 -3.0 -3.0 -3.0 -2.8 -3.0 -3.0 -3.0 -3.3 -3.0 -3.0 -3.0 -3.0 -3.0 -3.3 -3.0 -3.0 -3.0 -3.0 -3.0 -3.3 -3.9 -3.0 -4.0 -4.0 -4.0 -3.9 -4.0 -4.0 -4.0 -3.9 -4.0 -4.0 -4.4 -4.0 -4.0 -4.0 -4.0 -4.4 -4.0 -3.9 -3.9 -4.0 -4.4 -3.9 -3.9 -4.0 -4.4 -4.4 -4.4 -4.4 -4.4 -4.4	28 28 28 28 28 27 28 28 27 28 28 28 28 27 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 25 26 26 26 26 26 25 26 26 26 26 26 25 24 26 24 24 23 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 23 24 23 23 23 22 23 24 23 23 22 23 23 23 23 22 22 22 22 23	-2.4 -2.4 -2.4 -2.4 -2.4 -2.6 -2.4 -2.4 -2.6 -2.4 -2.4 -2.4 -2.4 -2.6 -3.1 -3.1 -3.1 -3.1 -3.1 -3.3 -3.5 -3.1 -3.1 -3.7 -3.5 -3.5 -3.5 -3.1 -3.1 -3.7 -3.1 -3.5 -3.5 -3.5 -3.1 -3.7 -4.4 -3.5 -4.6 -4.6 -4.9 -4.6 -4.6 -4.6 -4.6 -4.6 -4.6 -4.6 -5.1 -4.6 -4.9 -4.9 -4.9 -5.3 -4.9 -4.6 -5.1 -4.9 -5.5 -4.9 -4.9 -4.9 -5.1 -5.3 -5.3 -5.3 -5.3 -5.1	27 27 27 27 27 26 27 27 26 27 27 27 27 26 25 25 25 25 25 24 23 25 25 24 23 23 23 25 25 24 25 23 23 23 25 24 22 23 21 21 19 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 20 21 19 19 19 19 19 21 18 19 18 19 19 19 20 19 19 19 19 20	-3.0 -3.0 -3.0 -3.0 -3.0 -3.3 -3.0 -3.0 -3.3 -3.0 -3.0 -3.0 -3.0 -3.3 -3.9 -4.0 -4.0 -4.0 -4.0 -4.4 -5.0 -4.0 -4.0 -4.4 -5.0 -5.0 -5.0 -4.0 -4.0 -4.4 -4.0 -5.0 -5.0 -5.0 -4.0 -4.4 -5.6 -5.0 -6.0 -6.0 -7.0 -6.1 -6.0 -6.0 -6.0 -6.1 -6.0 -6.0 -6.7 -6.0 -7.0 -7.0 -7.0 -7.2 -7.0 -6.1 -7.8 -7.0 -7.8 -7.2 -7.2 -7.0 -6.7 -7.2 -7.2 -7.2 -7.2 -6.7	96 96 96 96 96 92 96 96 92 96 96 96 96 92 92 92 92 92 92 88 85 92 92 92 85 85 85 92 92 92 92 85 85 85 92 92 88 85 85 85 78 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 78 78 78 81 78 85 75 78 78 78 78 78 85 81 81 81 81 85	9 8 8 6 11 9 10 7 7 6 8 7 3 5 9 10 9 9 10 10 13 6 9 10 10 8 9 6 7 7 15 11 10 6 8 6 8 8 14 16 16 9 9 10 10 9 9 8 8 9 11 11 10 13 6 6 10 7 9 8 5 5 3 7 0 0 0 0	060 060 060 060 050 060 050 030 040 070 050 060 060 050 050 050 060 060 050 070 060 030 040 050 030 050 050 030 030 020 020 030 040 040 010 020 040 040 050 050 050 050 040 040 030 030 030 030 040 040 030 040 040 050 040 040 050 040 050 030 030 050 040 060 000 000 000 000	16 20 18 17 18 21 21 20 21 20 17 18 17 18 20	28.86 28.84 28.84 28.84 28.84 28.83 28.81 28.81 28.81 28.80 28.79 28.79 28.78 28.78 28.78 28.75 28.74 28.74 28.72 28.72 28.71 28.74 28.72 28.72 28.74 28.74 28.74 28.74 28.74 28.74 28.74 28.71 28.72 28.75 28.76 28.76 28.74 28.74 28.74 28.74 28.72 28.72 28.71 28.71 28.71 28.71 28.71 28.70 28.69 28.68 28.67 28.67 28.66 28.65 28.61 28.61 28.59 28.59 28.59 28.60 28.62 28.63 28.64 28.64 28.66 28.68 28.69 28.70	8 6 5 8 8 6 3 3	020 018 015 013 026 020 016 013	M M M M M 30.09 M M 30.07 M M M M 30.04 30.04 M M M M 29.99 M M M 29.99 M M M M M 30.01 M M M M M 30.03 30.01 M M M M 29.99 M M M 29.98 M M 29.96 M M M M 29.91 M 29.87 29.85 M 29.85 29.86 29.88 M 29.90 29.91 29.93 29.94 29.95 29.97	SP SP SP SP SP AA SP SP AA SP SP SP SP AA AA SP SP SP SP AA SP SP SP AA SP SP SP SP SP AA SP SP SP SP SP AA AA SP SP SP SP AA SP SP SP AA SP SP AA SP SP SP SP AA SP AA AA SP AA AA AA SP AA AA AA AA AA AA	0.05 0.04 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.07 0.05 0.10 0.06 0.03 0.02 0.03 T T T T T T T	30.13 30.11 30.11 30.11 30.11 30.10 30.08 30.08 30.08 30.07 30.06 30.06 30.05 30.05 30.05 30.02 30.00 30.01 29.99 29.99 29.98 30.00 29.99 29.99 30.00 30.01 30.00 30.01 30.00 30.00 30.00 29.98 29.99 30.02 30.03 30.03 30.01 30.00 30.01 30.00 29.99 29.99 29.97 29.97 29.97 29.97 29.97 29.96 29.95 29.94 29.93 29.93 29.92 29.91 29.87 29.87 29.85 29.85 29.85 29.86 29.88 29.89 29.90 29.90 29.92 29.94 29.95 29.96