Temperature
66 F at 5 AM; 74 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 8 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 66F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 74F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 66F
- 8 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Williamsburg Jamestown Airport, Virginia
Small airport in James City County, Virginia66°
88°/64°
Overcast·
Feels like 66°·Light breeze 6 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 12 AM, the chance peaking at 75% around 6 AM.
Now. Williamsburg Jamestown Airport is 66° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the south at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 55° by 8 AM, with some 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 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. Rain is likely tomorrow (91%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:29 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:30 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. The day is 11 hours 15 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
56Air quality
99%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
66feels66
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8864
71%
12mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5951
91%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6045
12%
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6248
26%
14mph
Tue
Oct 20
6751
24%
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
6853
20%
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
6655
29%
66°
88°64°
59°51°
60°45°
62°48°
67°51°
68°53°
66°55°
As of 5:00 AM in Williamsburg Jamestown Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Williamsburg Jamestown Airport
Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 26 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 33 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Williamsburg Jamestown 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 Williamsburg Jamestown Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 3 miles Sat 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- JGG
- ICAO
- KJGG
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 49 ft
- Serves
- Williamsburg
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- JGG
- Wind now
- From 220° at 7 mph, read 16 Oct, 05:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 3,204 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 121° / 301° | 1 mph head, on 31 | 7 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Williamsburg (JGG), Williamsburg Jamestown 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 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 77% at 12 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 77 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the southwest at 5 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 5 AM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 5 AM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.00 inHg at 5 AM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.00inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.06inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.05inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 8 miles at 5 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 8mi
- 5 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 500 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 5 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
Williamsburg: 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 Williamsburg Jamestown 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
WilliamsburgJGG
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/49 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
In a park or preserve/12.1 mi away/37 ft/12 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Williamsburg 1.9 SWVA-JC-40
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/75 ft/26 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
WilliamsburgWMBV2
At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/26 ft/23 ft below 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 Williamsburg Jamestown Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Williamsburgcity, 2 mi
- Scotlandcommunity, 6 mi
- Surrytown, 10 mi
- Yorktowncommunity, 11 mi
- Rushmerecommunity, 12 mi
- Gloucester Pointcommunity, 12 mi
- Claremonttown, 14 mi
- Newport Newscity, 16 mi
- Gloucester Courthousecommunity, 16 mi
- Dendrontown, 18 mi
- Bethel Manorcommunity, 19 mi
- Smithfieldtown, 19 mi
Airports near Williamsburg Jamestown Airport
- Felker Army Air FieldFAF, 9 mi
- Newport News Williamsburg International AirportPHF, 14 mi
- Middle Peninsula Regional AirportFYJ, 20 mi
- Langley Air Force BaseLFI, 22 mi
- Wakefield Municipal AirportAKQ, 23 mi
- New Kent County AirportW96, 29 mi
- Hummel FieldW75, 29 mi
- Norfolk Naval Station (Chambers Field)NGU, 31 mi