Temperature
69 F at 4 AM; 85 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 69F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 85F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 64F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Danville Regional Airport, Virginia
Medium airport in Danville city, Virginia68°
86°/61°
Overcast·
Feels like 68°·Calm 0 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 10 PM, the chance peaking at 80% around 6 AM.
Now. Danville Regional Airport is 68° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 51° by 8 AM, under cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 68°, and the coolest Sunday, near 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (95%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:40 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:44 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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
22Air quality
90%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
68feels68
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8661
76%
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
5848
95%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5738
14mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6138
12%
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
6743
11%
Wed
Oct 21
6846
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6747
11%
68°
86°61°
58°48°
57°38°
61°38°
67°43°
68°46°
67°47°
As of 5:00 AM in Danville Regional Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Danville Regional Airport
Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Person County (NC), 24 miles off.
22Good
- Ozone22Good-
The days ahead
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 38, good.
GoodModerate
- 38YesterdayOct 15
- 58TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
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 Danville Regional 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 Danville Regional Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 3 miles Sat 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- DAN
- ICAO
- KDAN
- IATA
- DAN
- Field elevation
- 571 ft
- Serves
- Danville
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- DAN
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 04:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 5,900 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 16° / 196° | Calm | Calm |
| 13 / 31 | 3,910 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 125° / 305° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Danville Regional (DAN), Danville Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 66 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 59% at 3 PM Thursday to 93% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 90%
- Humidity, range
- 59 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 5 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 5 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 5 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.03 inHg at 5 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.03inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.03inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.05inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- 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 800 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 800ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 800ft
- 5 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 20
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
Danville Regional: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest Danville Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now1 instrument
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/571 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
DanvilleDNVV2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.1 mi away/423 ft/148 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Danville 2.0 NNEVA-DNC-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/517 ft/54 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 Danville (DNVV2), 3.1 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Danville Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Danvillecity, 4 mi
- Mount Hermoncommunity, 8 mi
- Blairscommunity, 9 mi
- Chathamtown, 18 mi
- Sandy Levelcommunity, 21 mi
- Cluster Springscommunity, 23 mi
- Mountain Roadcommunity, 24 mi
- South Bostontown, 26 mi
- Riverdalecommunity, 26 mi
- Halifaxtown, 26 mi
- Gretnatown, 26 mi
- Laurel Parkcommunity, 26 mi
Airports near Danville Regional Airport
- William M Tuck AirportW78, 29 mi
- Blue Ridge AirportMTV, 38 mi
- Lake Country Regional AirportW63, 43 mi
- Brookneal/Campbell County Airport0V4, 43 mi
- Chase City Municipal AirportCXE, 49 mi
- Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn FieldLYH, 53 mi
- Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional AirportROA, 63 mi
- Lunenburg County AirportW31, 69 mi