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Pinehurst, North Carolina

Village in Moore County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Pinehurst

Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Montgomery County (NC), 26 miles off.

30Good
  • Ozone30Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 44 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 Pinehurst

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Pinehurst, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Sat 5 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Pinehurst, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Water Treatment PltCTGN7

At a cooperative observer's station/10.0 mi away/538 ft/20 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Southern_Pines_AWOS, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.2 mi from Pinehurst, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:56 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 Southern_Pines_AWOS, 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 SOPFIG. A THE SKY OVER SOUTHERN_PINES_AWOSSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESouthern_Pines_AWOS, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SOPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SOP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Southern_Pines_AWOS: temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SOPFIG. B THE AIR AT SOUTHERN_PINES_AWOSTHE 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 1,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.1 FTEMPERATURE 73.0 FDEW POINT 65.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLESouthern_Pines_AWOS, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SOPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SOP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Southern_Pines_AWOS, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, 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 SOPFIG. C THE WIND AT SOUTHERN_PINES_AWOSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESouthern_Pines_AWOS, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SOPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SOP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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