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Princeton, North Carolina

Town in Johnston County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Princeton

Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Johnston County (NC), 12 miles off.

55Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate18.9 mi
  • Ozone20Good22 ppb18.9 mi

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Princeton

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Princeton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Princeton 2.7 ENENC-WY-44

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/119 ft/32 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Goldsboro AgGOLN7

At a cooperative observer's station/10.0 mi away/121 ft/30 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Goldsboro-Wayne_Muni_Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.1 mi from Princeton, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 600 ft; the ceiling is 600 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Goldsboro-Wayne_Muni_Arpt, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 600 feet, the ceiling at 600 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GWWFIG. A THE SKY OVER GOLDSBORO-WAYNE_MUNI_ARPTSECTION, 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 600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEGoldsboro-Wayne_Muni_Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GWWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GWW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

69.8 F with a dew point of 69.3 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Goldsboro-Wayne_Muni_Arpt: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.3, 98 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GWWFIG. B THE AIR AT GOLDSBORO-WAYNE_MUNI_ARPTTHE 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 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 69.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 69.8 F, 69.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 POINTTITLEGoldsboro-Wayne_Muni_Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GWWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GWW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (120 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Goldsboro-Wayne_Muni_Arpt, north up: blowing from 120 degrees, the east southeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GWWFIG. C THE WIND AT GOLDSBORO-WAYNE_MUNI_ARPTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 120°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGoldsboro-Wayne_Muni_Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GWWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GWW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Goldsboro-Wayne_Muni_Arpt, 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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