Temperature
60 F at 12 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 5 AM Thursday, and 60 F at its coolest, 11 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 60F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 72F
- 5 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 60F
- 11 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Louisa County Airport / Freeman Field, Virginia
Small airport in Louisa County, Virginia61°
84°/59°
Light rain·
Feels like 61°·Light air 1 mph S
Coming up. Tomorrow is 29 degrees cooler: a high of 55° after 84° today.
Now. Louisa County Airport / Freeman Field is 61° and light rain at 2 AM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 83° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (75%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:33 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 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
99%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
61feels61
11%
Today
Oct 16
8459
53%
Sat
Oct 17
5548
75%
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
5637
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
5938
13%
Tue
Oct 20
6443
10%
Wed
Oct 21
6446
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6346
mostly clear day
61°
84°59°
55°48°
56°37°
59°38°
64°43°
64°46°
63°46°
As of 2:00 AM in Louisa County Airport / Freeman Field, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Louisa County Airport / Freeman Field
Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Charlottesville (VA), 28 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
- Ozone14Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 25, good.
GoodModerate
- 25YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Louisa County Airport / Freeman Field
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 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 Louisa County Airport / Freeman Field, the next 43 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LKU
- ICAO
- KLKU
- IATA
- LOW
- Field elevation
- 493 ft
- Serves
- Louisa
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LKU
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 4,300 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 82° / 262° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Louisa County/Freeman Field (LKU), Louisa County Airport / Freeman Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 60 F, the air 98% saturated; the humidity ran from 82% at 2 PM Thursday to 98% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 60F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 98%
- Humidity, range
- 82 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 10 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 10 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.09 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.09inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.05inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 8 AM Thursday; 3 miles now.
- Now
- 3mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 8 AM 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 12 AM; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.03 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 10 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 10 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Louisa County Airport / Freeman Field, 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 now3 instruments
Louisa County/Freeman FieldLKU
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/492 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
OrangeORGV2
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.4 mi away/545 ft/52 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
N Piedmont ArecS2039
At a soil climate station/17.4 mi away/520 ft/27 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
LouisaLOUV2
At a cooperative observer's station/2.9 mi away/394 ft/99 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Louisa 7.0 NNEVA-LS-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.3 mi away/276 ft/217 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 Orange (ORGV2), 16.4 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Louisa County Airport / Freeman Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Louisatown, 2 mi
- Mineraltown, 3 mi
- Blue Ridge Shorescommunity, 7 mi
- Gordonsvilletown, 15 mi
- Unionvillecommunity, 17 mi
- Rhoadesvillecommunity, 18 mi
- Orangetown, 18 mi
- Palmyracommunity, 19 mi
- Barboursvillecommunity, 20 mi
- Lake Monticellocommunity, 21 mi
- Columbiacommunity, 21 mi
- Keswickcommunity, 21 mi
Airports near Louisa County Airport / Freeman Field
- Lake Anna Airport7W4, 13 mi
- Gordonsville Municipal AirportGVE, 15 mi
- Orange County AirportOMH, 17 mi
- Charlottesville Albemarle AirportCHO, 28 mi
- Shannon AirportEZF, 33 mi
- Hanover County Municipal AirportOFP, 36 mi
- Culpeper Regional AirportCJR, 36 mi
- Stafford Regional AirportRMN, 39 mi