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Gaston, North Carolina

Town in Northampton County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Gaston

Index 41, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Northampton County (NC), 15 miles off.

41Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)41Good1.2 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.2 ppb1.2 mi

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Gaston

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Gaston, the next 42 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 6 AM, under a mile for 3 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Gaston, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Fire RAWS 6FWRN7

A remote fire weather station/17.5 mi away/115 ft/12 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank731of 2,255

measured daily2 instruments

Roanoke Rapids 1.2 NWNC-HL-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/182 ft/55 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Roanoke Rapids, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.6 mi from Gaston, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 300 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 2.5 mi.

Section of the sky over Roanoke Rapids, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 300 feet, the ceiling at 300 feet, and visibility of 2.5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IXAFIG. A THE SKY OVER ROANOKE RAPIDSSECTION, 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: 2.5 MI0510TITLERoanoke Rapids, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IXATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IXA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 300 ft.

Chart of the air at Roanoke Rapids: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IXAFIG. B THE AIR AT ROANOKE RAPIDSTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.6 F, 62.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLERoanoke Rapids, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IXATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IXA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Roanoke Rapids, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IXAFIG. C THE WIND AT ROANOKE RAPIDSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERoanoke Rapids, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IXATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IXA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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