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Pittsboro, North Carolina

Town in Chatham County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Pittsboro

Index 60, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Wake County (NC), 24 miles off.

60Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)60Moderate19.9 mi
  • Ozone31Good28 ppb19.9 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)22Good19.9 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.4 ppb21.7 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm21.7 mi

The days ahead

Highest 71, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Pittsboro

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Pittsboro, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 9 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Pittsboro, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Sanford - Lee County, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.0 mi from Pittsboro, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Sanford - Lee County, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TTAFIG. A THE SKY OVER SANFORD - LEE COUNTYSECTION, 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: 7 MI0510TITLESanford - Lee County, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TTATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TTA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

66.7 F with a dew point of 66.7 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Sanford - Lee County: temperature 66.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.7, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TTAFIG. B THE AIR AT SANFORD - LEE COUNTYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 66.7 F, 66.7 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 POINTTITLESanford - Lee County, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TTATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TTA-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 Sanford - Lee County, 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 TTAFIG. C THE WIND AT SANFORD - LEE COUNTYPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLESanford - Lee County, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TTATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TTA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Sanford - Lee County, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Carolina

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Near Pittsboro

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