Storm Station
Smithfield, North Carolina
55° 81°/54°
Clear· Feels like 55°·Light air 2 mph W
Mostly clear, with a low around 53. West wind around 2 mph.
0UV Low
-Air quality
79%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
55feels55
now, clear
Today
Sep 27
8154
12mph
UV 6
clear day
Mon
Sep 28
8255
UV 6
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
8460
UV 6
overcast
Wed
Sep 30
8764
UV 6
overcast
Thu
Oct 1
8865
UV 6
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
9268
13%
UV 6
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
7662
20%
15mph
overcast
55°
81°54°
82°55°
84°60°
87°64°
88°65°
92°68°
76°62°

As of 5:00 AM in Smithfield, North Carolina.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Smithfield, 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 now2 instruments

SmithfieldJNX

At an airfield/3.2 mi away/164 ft/25 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank154of 914

Goldsboro RAWSGBON7

A remote fire weather station/19.1 mi away/82 ft/57 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank66of 914

measured daily2 instruments

SmithfieldSMIN7

At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/128 ft/11 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Smithfield 0.4 SSWNC-JH-56

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/137 ft/2 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Smithfield, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.2 mi from Smithfield. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 9,500 ft; the ceiling is 9,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Smithfield, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 9,500 feet, the ceiling at 9,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JNXFIG. A THE SKY OVER SMITHFIELDSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 9,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 9,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESmithfield, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JNXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-JNX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

55.4 F with a dew point of 51.8 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 9,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Smithfield: temperature 55.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.8, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 9,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JNXFIG. B THE AIR AT SMITHFIELDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 51.0 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 9,500 FTTEMPERATURE 55.4 FDEW POINT 51.8 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLESmithfield, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JNXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-JNX-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 Smithfield, 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 JNXFIG. C THE WIND AT SMITHFIELDPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLESmithfield, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JNXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-JNX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Smithfield, 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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