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East Laurinburg, North Carolina

Town in Scotland County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at East Laurinburg

Index 69, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Cumberland County (NC), 37 miles off.

69Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)69Moderate-
  • Ozone25Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)26Good-

The days ahead

Highest 67, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 62, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at East Laurinburg

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at East Laurinburg, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest East Laurinburg, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

PembrokePMBN7

At a river or reservoir gauge/13.3 mi away/164 ft/41 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank739of 2,255

measured daily2 instruments

Laurinburg 0.5 NNWNC-SC-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/221 ft/16 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Water PlantLAUN7

At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/217 ft/12 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Laurinburg-Maxton_Arpt_(ASOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.7 mi from East Laurinburg, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:52 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 Laurinburg-Maxton_Arpt_(ASOS), 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 MEBFIG. A THE SKY OVER LAURINBURG-MAXTON_ARPT_(ASOS)SECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELaurinburg-Maxton_Arpt_(ASOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MEBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MEB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

67.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Laurinburg-Maxton_Arpt_(ASOS): temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MEBFIG. B THE AIR AT LAURINBURG-MAXTON_ARPT_(ASOS)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.2 FTEMPERATURE 67.0 FDEW POINT 64.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLELaurinburg-Maxton_Arpt_(ASOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MEBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MEB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Laurinburg-Maxton_Arpt_(ASOS), north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MEBFIG. C THE WIND AT LAURINBURG-MAXTON_ARPT_(ASOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELaurinburg-Maxton_Arpt_(ASOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MEBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MEB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Laurinburg-Maxton_Arpt_(ASOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Water Plant (LAUN7), 1.8 miles from here, read 6 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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

Near East Laurinburg

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

Near East Laurinburg

River and lake gauges