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Maxton, North Carolina

Town in Robeson County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Maxton

Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Cumberland County (NC), 34 miles off.

33Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone33Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 66, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Maxton

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 6 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 Maxton, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 9 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Maxton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

PembrokePMBN7

At a river or reservoir gauge/7.7 mi away/164 ft/32 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank786of 2,243

measured daily2 instruments

Maxton 1.0 SNC-RB-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/190 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Water PlantLAUN7

At a cooperative observer's station/6.6 mi away/217 ft/21 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Laurinburg-Maxton_Arpt_(ASOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.9 mi from Maxton, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 7:03 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,300 ft, overcast at 4,700 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Laurinburg-Maxton_Arpt_(ASOS), height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,700 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELaurinburg-Maxton_Arpt_(ASOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MEBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MEB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 54.0 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 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Laurinburg-Maxton_Arpt_(ASOS): temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 54.0, 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 1,300 feet; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE 57.0 FDEW POINT 54.0 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 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MEB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Laurinburg-Maxton_Arpt_(ASOS), north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, 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 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELaurinburg-Maxton_Arpt_(ASOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MEBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-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), 6.6 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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

Near Maxton

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

Near Maxton

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