Temperature
61 F at 12 AM; 68 F at its warmest, 2 AM Thursday, and 59 F at its coolest, 7 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 61F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 68F
- 2 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 59F
- 7 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Luray Caverns Airport, Virginia
Small airport in Page County, Virginia60°
85°/56°
Overcast·
Feels like 60°·Calm 1 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 30 degrees cooler: a high of 55° after 85° today.
Now. Luray Caverns Airport is 60° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (50%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:35 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:32 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
20Air quality
94%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
60feels60
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8556
52%
13mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5543
50%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5733
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6035
11%
Tue
Oct 20
6638
10%
Wed
Oct 21
6541
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6341
mostly clear day
60°
85°56°
55°43°
57°33°
60°35°
66°38°
65°41°
63°41°
As of 1:00 AM in Luray Caverns Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Luray Caverns Airport
Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Shenandoah National Park (VA), 11 miles off.
20Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
- Ozone20Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 46, good.
GoodModerate
- 46YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Luray Caverns Airport
0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.06in
- Last 3 days
- 0.26in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 23%
Visibility
How far you can see at Luray Caverns Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LUA
- ICAO
- KLUA
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 902 ft
- Serves
- Luray
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LUA
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 00:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 3,126 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 34° / 214° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Luray (LUA), Luray Caverns Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 59 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 72% at 12 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 59F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 94%
- Humidity, range
- 72 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
1 mph from the south at 12 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 7 AM Thursday, with a gust of 17 mph at 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 1mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 7 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 17mph
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.06inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 6 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 6 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 100 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 3 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 6 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 6 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Luray: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Luray Caverns 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 now3 instruments
LurayLUA
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/902 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Virginia Headquarters RawsLHQV2
A remote fire weather station/7.0 mi away/1,168 ft/266 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
N Piedmont ArecS2039
At a soil climate station/36.5 mi away/520 ft/382 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Luray 3.9 NWVA-PG-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/874 ft/28 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LurayLRYV2
At a cooperative observer's station/6.3 mi away/1,316 ft/414 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 Luray Caverns Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Luraytown, 3 mi
- Stanleytown, 6 mi
- New Markettown, 9 mi
- Mount Jacksontown, 9 mi
- Quicksburgcommunity, 10 mi
- Bowmans Crossingcommunity, 10 mi
- Edinburgtown, 11 mi
- Forestvillecommunity, 12 mi
- Mount Cliftoncommunity, 13 mi
- Shenandoah National Parkfeature, 14 mi
- Shenandoahtown, 14 mi
- Sperryvillecommunity, 14 mi
Airports near Luray Caverns Airport
- New Market Airport8W2, 11 mi
- Front Royal Warren County AirportFRR, 22 mi
- Bridgewater Air ParkVBW, 32 mi
- Shenandoah Valley Regional AirportSHD, 35 mi
- Culpeper Regional AirportCJR, 36 mi
- Charlottesville Albemarle AirportCHO, 37 mi
- Orange County AirportOMH, 38 mi
- Winchester Regional AirportOKV, 38 mi