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Elm City, North Carolina

Town in Wilson County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Elm City

Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Edgecombe County (NC), 10 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good19.7 mi
  • Ozone22Good19 ppb19.7 mi

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 58, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Elm City

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Elm City, the next 43 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 8 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Elm City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Wilson 3.0 NNC-WN-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/134 ft/1 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Wtr PltWILN7

At a cooperative observer's station/9.2 mi away/108 ft/27 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,841of 2,255

Station report

The weather at Rocky_Mount-Wilson_(ASOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.7 mi from Elm City, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:07 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 300 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 1.75 mi.

Section of the sky over Rocky_Mount-Wilson_(ASOS), height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 300 feet, the ceiling at 300 feet, and visibility of 1.75 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RWIFIG. A THE SKY OVER ROCKY_MOUNT-WILSON_(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 SHEETOVC 300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1.75 MI0510TITLERocky_Mount-Wilson_(ASOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RWITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RWI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

67.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 300 ft.

Chart of the air at Rocky_Mount-Wilson_(ASOS): temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RWIFIG. B THE AIR AT ROCKY_MOUNT-WILSON_(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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 67.0 F, 66.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLERocky_Mount-Wilson_(ASOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RWITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RWI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (130 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Rocky_Mount-Wilson_(ASOS), north up: blowing from 130 degrees, the southeast, at 5 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 RWIFIG. C THE WIND AT ROCKY_MOUNT-WILSON_(ASOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 130°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERocky_Mount-Wilson_(ASOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RWITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RWI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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