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Speed, North Carolina

Town in Edgecombe County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Speed

Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Edgecombe County (NC), 20 miles off.

57Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate8.2 mi
  • Ozone31Good30 ppb8.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 62, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Speed

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Speed, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Sat 10 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Speed, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

TarboroETC

At an airfield/6.2 mi away/49 ft/14 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank704of 2,243

measured daily2 instruments

Tarboro 7.0 NENC-ED-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/76 ft/13 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Tar River At TarboroTARN7

At a cooperative observer's station/7.1 mi away/49 ft/14 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, 6.2 mi from Speed, North Carolina. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 2:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 6,000 ft, scattered at 7,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Tarboro, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 7,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 6,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLETarboro, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ETCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-ETC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

71.0 F with a dew point of 67.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Tarboro: temperature 71.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.0 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE 71.0 FDEW POINT 67.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-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 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-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

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

Near Speed

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