Temperature
64 F at 4 AM; 75 F at its warmest, 5 AM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 9 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 64F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 75F
- 5 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 64F
- 9 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Richmond Executive-Chesterfield County Airport, Virginia
Small airport in Chesterfield County, Virginia64°
86°/62°
Overcast·
Feels like 64°·Light air 3 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 11 PM, the chance peaking at 82% around 5 AM.
Now. Richmond Executive-Chesterfield County Airport is 64° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 52° by 8 AM, under cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 57): 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 56°. Rain is likely tomorrow (98%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:32 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:33 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 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
57Air quality
96%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
64feels64
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8662
94%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5650
98%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5741
13mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6143
26%
14mph
Tue
Oct 20
6647
18%
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
6750
14%
12mph
Thu
Oct 22
6551
21%
64°
86°62°
56°50°
57°41°
61°43°
66°47°
67°50°
65°51°
As of 4:00 AM in Richmond Executive-Chesterfield County Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Richmond Executive-Chesterfield County Airport
Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Richmond (VA), 8 miles off.
57Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate5 mi
- Ozone16Good16 ppb5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good5 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide5Good5.4 ppb12.4 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb12.4 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm12.4 mi
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 52YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Richmond Executive-Chesterfield County Airport
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Last 3 days
- 0.01in
Visibility
How far you can see at Richmond Executive-Chesterfield County Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 10 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FCI
- ICAO
- KFCI
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 236 ft
- Serves
- North Chesterfield
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- FCI
- Wind now
- From 200° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 | 5,500 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 141° / 321° | 2 mph head, on 15 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Chesterfield (FCI), Richmond Executive-Chesterfield County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 63 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 79% at 7 AM Thursday to 97% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 79 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the south southwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 9 AM Thursday, with a gust of 17 mph at 10 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 9 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 17mph
- 10 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.02 inHg at 4 AM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.02inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.06inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.04inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 4 PM Thursday; 4 miles now.
- Now
- 4mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 4 PM Thursday
- 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 400 ft at 3 AM; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 400ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 3 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
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
- 0.00in
- 6 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Chesterfield: 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 Richmond Executive-Chesterfield County 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 now2 instruments
ChesterfieldFCI
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/236 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Prince GeorgePRGV2
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.6 mi away/161 ft/75 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bensley 4.9 WSWVA-CS-29
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/238 ft/2 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Winterpock 4WWTPV2
At a cooperative observer's station/9.0 mi away/303 ft/67 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Richmond Executive-Chesterfield County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Meadowbrookcommunity, 3 mi
- Rockwoodcommunity, 5 mi
- Bellwoodcommunity, 5 mi
- Bensleycommunity, 5 mi
- Manchestercommunity, 6 mi
- Chestercommunity, 6 mi
- Brandermillcommunity, 7 mi
- Bon Aircommunity, 8 mi
- Woodlakecommunity, 8 mi
- Midlothiancommunity, 9 mi
- Richmondcity, 10 mi
- Montrosecommunity, 11 mi
Airports near Richmond Executive-Chesterfield County Airport
- Richmond International AirportRIC, 13 mi
- Dinwiddie County AirportPTB, 15 mi
- Hanover County Municipal AirportOFP, 21 mi
- New Kent County AirportW96, 23 mi
- Allen C Perkinson Blackstone Army Air FieldBKT, 33 mi
- Crewe Municipal AirportW81, 35 mi
- Lake Anna Airport7W4, 40 mi
- Wakefield Municipal AirportAKQ, 41 mi