Temperature
65 F at 5 AM; 74 F at its warmest, 8 AM Thursday, and 65 F at its coolest, 9 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 65F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 74F
- 8 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 65F
- 9 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Wakefield Municipal Airport, Virginia
Small airport in Sussex County, Virginia65°
86°/63°
Overcast·
Feels like 65°·Light air 4 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 12 AM, the chance peaking at 80% around 6 AM.
Now. Wakefield Municipal Airport is 65° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 53° by 8 AM, under cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 56): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (91%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:30 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:32 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
56Air quality
97%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
65feels65
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8663
69%
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5749
91%
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
5942
10%
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6145
24%
Tue
Oct 20
6648
21%
Wed
Oct 21
6750
19%
Thu
Oct 22
6652
23%
65°
86°63°
57°49°
59°42°
61°45°
66°48°
67°50°
66°52°
As of 5:00 AM in Wakefield Municipal Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Wakefield Municipal Airport
Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 29 miles off.
56Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate-
- Ozone21Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)29Good-
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 55YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Wakefield Municipal Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 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 Wakefield Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 7 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- AKQ
- ICAO
- KAKQ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 113 ft
- Serves
- Wakefield
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- AKQ
- Wind now
- Variable at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 05:32
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 4,337 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 17° / 197° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Wakefield (NEXRAD) (AKQ), Wakefield Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 64 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 68% at 11 AM Thursday to 97% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 64F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 68 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
3 mph from the southwest at 5 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 11 AM Thursday, with a gust of 23 mph at 10 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 3mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 11 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 23mph
- 10 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.02 inHg at 5 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.02inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.03inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 4 AM; 2 miles now.
- Now
- 2mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 4 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 200ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 4 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Wakefield (NEXRAD): every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Wakefield Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/210 ft/97 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Blackwater River 1 SW Franklin at US Highway 58/258FKLV2
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.7 mi away/10 ft/103 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
NWS OffficeWKFV2
At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/144 ft/31 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Wakefield 0.1 ENEVA-SS-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/111 ft/2 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at NWS Offfice (WKFV2), 0.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Wakefield Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Wakefield Municipal Airport
- Franklin Regional AirportFKN, 21 mi
- Williamsburg Jamestown AirportJGG, 23 mi
- Felker Army Air FieldFAF, 24 mi
- Newport News Williamsburg International AirportPHF, 30 mi
- Suffolk Executive AirportSFQ, 31 mi
- Dinwiddie County AirportPTB, 31 mi
- Hampton Roads Executive AirportPVG, 34 mi
- Emporia Greensville Regional AirportEMV, 34 mi