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Elizabeth City, North Carolina

City in Pasquotank County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Elizabeth City

Index 37, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 46 miles off.

37Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good-
  • Ozone20Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)18Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Elizabeth City

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

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Elizabeth City, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Elizabeth City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Elizabeth City 0.2 NENC-PS-46

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/1 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Waste Treatmt PlantEZCN7

At a cooperative observer's station/1.7 mi away/6 ft/1 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Elizabeth City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.9 mi from Elizabeth City, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,200 ft; the ceiling is 1,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Elizabeth City, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, the ceiling at 1,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ECGFIG. A THE SKY OVER ELIZABETH CITYSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 1,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEElizabeth City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ECGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ECG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Elizabeth City: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ECGFIG. B THE AIR AT ELIZABETH CITYTHE 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 64.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,200 FTTEMPERATURE 68.0 FDEW POINT 65.0 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 POINTTITLEElizabeth City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ECGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ECG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (70 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Elizabeth City, north up: blowing from 70 degrees, the east northeast, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ECGFIG. C THE WIND AT ELIZABETH CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 70°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEElizabeth City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ECGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ECG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Elizabeth City, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Elsewhere in North Carolina

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