Temperature
65 F at 5 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 6 AM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 65F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 72F
- 6 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Middle Peninsula Regional Airport, Virginia
Small airport in King and Queen County, Virginia66°
85°/62°
Overcast·
Feels like 66°·Calm 0 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 11 PM, the chance peaking at 81% around 6 AM.
Now. Middle Peninsula Regional Airport is 66° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 56° 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 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. Rain is likely tomorrow (95%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:29 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:29 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
5:00 AM
66feels66
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8562
78%
Sat
Oct 17
5648
95%
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
5742
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6144
24%
Tue
Oct 20
6547
23%
Wed
Oct 21
6650
18%
Thu
Oct 22
6551
26%
66°
85°62°
56°48°
57°42°
61°44°
65°47°
66°50°
65°51°
As of 5:00 AM in Middle Peninsula Regional Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Middle Peninsula Regional Airport
Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Richmond (VA), 36 miles off.
57Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate-
- Ozone16Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 52YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Middle Peninsula Regional Airport
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Last 3 days
- 0.02in
Visibility
How far you can see at Middle Peninsula Regional Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FYJ
- ICAO
- KFYJ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 20 ft
- Serves
- Shacklefords
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- FYJ
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 05:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 unlit | 5,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 86° / 266° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from West_Point (FYJ), Middle Peninsula Regional 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 70% at 12 PM Thursday to 97% at 5 AM.
- Dew point now
- 64F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 70 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
2 mph from the southwest at 5 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 9 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 2mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 9 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.01 inHg at 5 AM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.01inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.06inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.07inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 4 AM; 4 miles now.
- Now
- 4mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 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 500 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 4 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
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
West_Point: 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 Middle Peninsula Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
West_PointFYJ
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/23 ft/3 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
In a park or preserve/7.9 mi away/37 ft/17 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Mattaponi 2.6 NNWVA-KQ-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/21 ft/1 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
West PointWPTV2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.9 mi away/39 ft/19 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at West Point (WPTV2), 3.9 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 Middle Peninsula Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- West Pointtown, 3 mi
- Saludacommunity, 11 mi
- New Kentcommunity, 12 mi
- King and Queen Court Housecommunity, 12 mi
- Urbannatown, 13 mi
- Gloucester Courthousecommunity, 15 mi
- Williamsburgcity, 17 mi
- King Williamcommunity, 18 mi
- Weemscommunity, 19 mi
- Charles Citycommunity, 21 mi
- Irvingtontown, 21 mi
- White Stonetown, 22 mi
Airports near Middle Peninsula Regional Airport
- Hummel FieldW75, 18 mi
- Williamsburg Jamestown AirportJGG, 20 mi
- New Kent County AirportW96, 20 mi
- Tappahannock-Essex County AirportXSA, 24 mi
- Felker Army Air FieldFAF, 28 mi
- Richmond International AirportRIC, 31 mi
- Newport News Williamsburg International AirportPHF, 31 mi
- Langley Air Force BaseLFI, 38 mi