Temperature
67 F at 12 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 67F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/North Carolina/Tarboro Edgecombe Airport
Tarboro Edgecombe Airport, North Carolina
Small airport in Edgecombe County, North Carolina67°
87°/63°
Overcast·
Feels like 67°·Light air 3 mph E
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 3 AM (75%).
Now. Tarboro Edgecombe Airport is 67° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the east at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 56° by 8 AM, with some cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. Rain is likely tomorrow (79%). Rain is possible Sunday (32%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:33 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:38 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
52Air quality
95%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
67feels67
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8763
17%
12mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6152
79%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6242
32%
15mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6645
18%
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
7047
14%
Wed
Oct 21
7149
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7049
14%
67°
87°63°
61°52°
62°42°
66°45°
70°47°
71°49°
70°49°
As of 12:00 AM in Tarboro Edgecombe Airport, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Tarboro Edgecombe Airport
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Edgecombe County (NC), 13 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate3.8 mi
- Ozone23Good25 ppb3.8 mi
The days ahead
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 67, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 67YesterdayOct 14
- 58TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Tarboro Edgecombe Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Tarboro Edgecombe Airport, the next 45 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 6 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ETC
- ICAO
- KETC
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 53 ft
- Serves
- Tarboro
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- ETC
- Wind now
- From 90° at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 3,999 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 84° / 264° | 5 mph head, on 09 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Tarboro (ETC), Tarboro Edgecombe Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 66 F, the air 95% saturated; the humidity ran from 55% at 2 PM Thursday to 98% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 95%
- Humidity, range
- 55 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the east at 12 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 5 PM Thursday, with a gust of 16 mph at 5 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 5 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 16mph
- 5 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.09 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.09inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.06inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 5 miles now.
- Now
- 5mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 700 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 11 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 700ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 700ft
- 11 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 11
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Tarboro: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Tarboro Edgecombe Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
TarboroETC
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/49 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
SWIFT CREEK 1 SW Swift Ck At NC97 nr LeggettLEGN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.0 mi away/59 ft/6 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Tarboro 1.0 ESENC-ED-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/67 ft/14 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Tar River At TarboroTARN7
At a cooperative observer's station/3.0 mi away/49 ft/4 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in North Carolina
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Tarboro Edgecombe Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Tarborotown, 2 mi
- Princevilletown, 4 mi
- Leggetttown, 4 mi
- Speedtown, 6 mi
- Conetoetown, 9 mi
- Hobgoodtown, 10 mi
- Pinetopstown, 11 mi
- Betheltown, 13 mi
- Oak Citytown, 14 mi
- Macclesfieldtown, 15 mi
- Rocky Mountcity, 15 mi
- Whitakerstown, 15 mi
Airports near Tarboro Edgecombe Airport
- Rocky Mount Wilson Regional AirportRWI, 20 mi
- Martin County AirportMCZ, 21 mi
- Pitt-Greenville AirportPGV, 23 mi
- Halifax-Northampton Regional AirportIXA, 28 mi
- Tri-County Airport at Henry Joyner FieldASJ, 33 mi
- Warren FieldOCW, 38 mi
- Wayne Executive JetportGWW, 40 mi
- Kinston Regional Jetport At Stallings FieldISO, 42 mi