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New Bern, North Carolina

City in Craven County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at New Bern

Index 44, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 PM from its reporting area, Carteret County (NC), 31 miles off.

44Good
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The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at New Bern

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 PM. 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 New Bern, the next 41 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 10 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest New Bern, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

New Bern 0.6 SSENC-CN-37

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/23 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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PerrytownPYTN7

At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/36 ft/15 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank141of 2,255

Station report

The weather at New_Bern/Craven_Co_(ASOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.5 mi from New Bern, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:54 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 New_Bern/Craven_Co_(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 EWNFIG. A THE SKY OVER NEW_BERN/CRAVEN_CO_(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 MORE0510TITLENew_Bern/Craven_Co_(ASOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EWNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EWN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

85.0 F with a dew point of 69.0 F, 59 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at New_Bern/Craven_Co_(ASOS): temperature 85.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.0, 59 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EWNFIG. B THE AIR AT NEW_BERN/CRAVEN_CO_(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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 F100 FSATURATES 3,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.2 FTEMPERATURE 85.0 FDEW POINT 69.0 FSPREAD 16.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 59 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 POINTTITLENew_Bern/Craven_Co_(ASOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EWNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EWN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (180 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at New_Bern/Craven_Co_(ASOS), north up: blowing from 180 degrees, the south, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EWNFIG. C THE WIND AT NEW_BERN/CRAVEN_CO_(ASOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 180°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENew_Bern/Craven_Co_(ASOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EWNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EWN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of New_Bern/Craven_Co_(ASOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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