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Rich Square, North Carolina

Town in Northampton County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Rich Square

Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Northampton County (NC), 12 miles off.

55Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate-

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Rich Square

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Rich Square, the next 42 hours

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Rich Square, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Fire RAWS 6FWRN7

A remote fire weather station/10.1 mi away/115 ft/44 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank402of 2,243

measured daily2 instruments

Conway 6.0 SWNC-NR-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.7 mi away/74 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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JacksonNCJN7

At a cooperative observer's station/11.5 mi away/136 ft/65 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Ahoskie_Tri_Cou, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.7 mi from Rich Square, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:55 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 Ahoskie_Tri_Cou, 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 ASJFIG. A THE SKY OVER AHOSKIE_TRI_COUSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEAhoskie_Tri_Cou, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ASJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-ASJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.0 F with a dew point of 59.4 F, 67 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Ahoskie_Tri_Cou: temperature 71.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.4, 67 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ASJFIG. B THE AIR AT AHOSKIE_TRI_COUTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.7 FTEMPERATURE 71.0 FDEW POINT 59.4 FSPREAD 11.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 67 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 POINTTITLEAhoskie_Tri_Cou, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ASJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-ASJ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (180 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Ahoskie_Tri_Cou, north up: blowing from 180 degrees, the south, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ASJFIG. C THE WIND AT AHOSKIE_TRI_COUPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 180°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAhoskie_Tri_Cou, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ASJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-ASJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Ahoskie_Tri_Cou, 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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