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Scotland Neck, North Carolina

Town in Halifax County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Scotland Neck

Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Northampton County (NC), 20 miles off.

48Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)48Good13.4 mi
  • Ozone-19 ppb13.4 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Scotland Neck

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. 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 Scotland Neck, the next 43 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 7 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Scotland Neck, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

TarboroETC

At an airfield/15.2 mi away/49 ft/52 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank650of 2,255

measured daily2 instruments

Hobgood 0.4 NNENC-HL-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.0 mi away/77 ft/24 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Peanut Belt Research STNLEWN7

At a cooperative observer's station/14.0 mi away/92 ft/9 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Tarboro, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.2 mi from Scotland Neck, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 500 ft; the ceiling is 500 ft; visibility 2.5 mi.

Section of the sky over Tarboro, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 500 feet, the ceiling at 500 feet, and visibility of 2.5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ETCFIG. A THE SKY OVER TARBOROSECTION, 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 500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 2.5 MI0510TITLETarboro, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ETCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ETC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

67.0 F with a dew point of 66.4 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 500 ft.

Chart of the air at Tarboro: temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.4, 98 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ETCFIG. B THE AIR AT TARBOROTHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 67.0 F, 66.4 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 POINTTITLETarboro, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ETCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ETC-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 Tarboro, 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 ETCFIG. C THE WIND AT TARBOROPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLETarboro, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ETCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ETC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in North Carolina

16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Scotland Neck

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Scotland Neck

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