Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Seasonable weather is expected today with a warming trend beginning Monday. High temperatures will be well above normal through Wednesday. A sharp cold front moves through the area Wednesday evening with a brief return of dry weather before unsettled conditions return late week into next weekend.
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph decreasing to calm winds before midnight.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 70. Light and variable winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning.
Monday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 40s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low-to-mid 60s. Winds out of the south 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday Night
A slight chance of showers before 1am, then a slight chance of showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain is 20%.
Highlands Plateau
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest5 to 10 mph in the morning shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Monday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 40s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the mid 50s. Winds out of the south 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 50s. Windy.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
Sunny, with highs near 60. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the south around 5 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs near 68. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph early in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest by midmorning.
Monday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Increasing clouds, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the south 5 to 15 mph.
Tuesday
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the lower 60s. Winds out of the south 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 30s. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 5 mph.
Monday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 60s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Monday Night
A 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the upper 40s. Winds out of the south 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs near 60. Winds out of the south 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tuesday Night
A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 50s.
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Hazards
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Monday afternoon, relative humidity levels will drop to near 20% with warmer temperatures and an increase in wind speed, so it is not advisable to be burning outdoors. If you do burn outdoors, make sure you have a good water supply and tools to keep it in check.
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Record Weather Events for February 25th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 77°F in Highlands in 1930
Lowest Temperature -5°F in Highlands in 1967
Greatest One-Day Rainfall 4.06 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1961
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 8.0 inches in Highlands in 1894
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of February Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 79°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 01-28-1996
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on 02-13-1899 (also a state record)
Greatest Rainfall 6.37 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 15.0 inches in Highlands on 02-14-1912
Record Weather Events for February 25th in North Carolina
Highest Temperature 85°F in Belhaven, Beaufort County in 1930
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Grandfather Mountain, Avery County in 1967
Greatest Rainfall 5.12 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County in 2016
Greatest Snowfall 14.0 inches in Marion, Mcdowell County in 1894
Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of February Data available from 1872
Highest Temperature 88°F in New Bern, Craven County on 02-28-1962
Lowest Temperature -20°F in Brevard, Transylvania County on 02-17-1958
Greatest Rainfall 8.83 inches in Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County on 02-13-1966
Greatest Snowfall 24.00 in Mount Mitchell, Yancey County on 02-12-1985
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.
Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)
March 2024 Schedule
3-2-24—Bill Peterson & Charley Simmons--What a treat! You'll hear originals by both these guys along with some covers. Bill has that booming voice on his blues selections (ask him to play his cheeky dog songs:) & Charley has the finger-style guitar down pat with his songs.
Frog Quarters is open 9a to 2p, Wednesdays thru Saturdays—beside the River Bridge. We are the Non-Profit supporting the Greenway with monies from sales from our Coffee & Gift Shop, Memberships and Donations. As always, thank you for your support!
Mountain Findings
432 Spruce Street (physical)
Highlands, North Carolina 28741
Web: MountainFindings.org
Mountain Findings (a thrift store) is open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm until October 2023.
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On This Day
February 25th is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 309 days remain until the end of the year (310 in leap years).
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor.
628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II.
1336 – Four thousand defenders of Pilenai commit mass suicide rather than be taken captive by the Teutonic Knights.
1836 – Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for his revolver firearm.
1843 – Lord George Paulet occupies the Kingdom of Hawaii in the name of Great Britain in the Paulet Affair (1843).
1870 – Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
1875 – Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China begins his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi's regency.
1912 – Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
1916 – In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
1918 – German forces capture Tallinn to virtually complete the occupation of Estonia.
1921 – Georgian capital Tbilisi falls to the invading Russian forces after heavy fighting and the Russians declare the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
1932 – Hitler, having been stateless for seven years, obtains German citizenship when he is appointed a Brunswick state official by Dietrich Klagges, a fellow Nazi. As a result, Hitler is able to run for Reichspräsident in the 1932 election.
1933 – Launch of the USS Ranger at Newport News, Virginia. It is the first purpose-built aircraft carrier to be commissioned by the US Navy.
1939 – As part of British air raid precautions, the first of 21⁄2 million Anderson shelters is constructed in a garden in Islington, north London.
1941 – The outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands organises a general strike in German-occupied Amsterdam to protest against Nazi persecution of Dutch Jews.
1947 – The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
1947 – Soviet NKVD forces in Hungary abduct Béla Kovács—secretary-general of the majority Independent Smallholders' Party—and deport him to the USSR in defiance of Parliament. His arrest is an important turning point in the Communist takeover of Hungary.
1948 – In a coup d'état led by Klement Gottwald, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia takes control of government in Prague to end the Third Czechoslovak Republic.
1951 – The first Pan American Games are officially opened in Buenos Aires by Argentine President Juan Perón.
1956 – In his speech On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences, Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union, denounces Stalin.
1980 – The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.
1986 – People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines' first woman president.
1991 – Disbandment of the Warsaw Pact at a meeting of its members in Budapest.
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Published at 5:30am on Sunday, February 25, 2023
Author: Bobby Coggins
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