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Carrboro, North Carolina

Town in Orange County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Carrboro

Index 66, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Durham County (NC), 14 miles off.

66Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)66Moderate11.7 mi
  • Ozone46Good47 ppb11.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)24Good11.7 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide19Good20.2 ppb15.1 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.7 ppm15.1 mi

The days ahead

Highest 71, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 66, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Carrboro

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Carrboro, the next 42 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 6 AM.

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On the radar over Carrboro, North CarolinaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Carrboro, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Wtr PltCPLN7

At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/463 ft/22 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank141of 2,243

Carrboro 0.6 NNWNC-OR-110

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/489 ft/4 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Durham - Duke North Heliport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.3 mi from Carrboro, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:50 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Durham - Duke North Heliport, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TQVFIG. A THE SKY OVER DURHAM - DUKE NORTH HELIPORTSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDurham - Duke North Heliport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TQVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-TQV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

77.0 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 61 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Durham - Duke North Heliport: temperature 77.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 61 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TQVFIG. B THE AIR AT DURHAM - DUKE NORTH HELIPORTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 3,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.3 FTEMPERATURE 77.0 FDEW POINT 62.6 FSPREAD 14.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 61 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEDurham - Duke North Heliport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TQVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-TQV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Durham - Duke North Heliport, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TQVFIG. C THE WIND AT DURHAM - DUKE NORTH HELIPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDurham - Duke North Heliport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TQVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-TQV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Durham - Duke North Heliport, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Wtr Plt (CPLN7), 0.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Carolina

16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Carrboro

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Carrboro

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