Temperature
83 F at 5 PM; 86 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 62 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 83F
- 5 PM
- Highest
- 86F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 62F
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Hanover County Municipal Airport, Virginia
Small airport in Hanover County, Virginia83°
86°/61°
Clear·
Feels like 85°·Gentle breeze 9 mph SSW
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 10 PM, the chance peaking at 79% around 7 AM.
Now. Hanover County Municipal Airport is 83° and clear at 6 PM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the south-southwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 51° by 8 AM, under cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 63): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (99%). Rain is possible Monday (39%) and Thursday (31%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:31 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. 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
63Air quality
57%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
83feels85
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8661
95%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5548
99%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5740
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
5842
39%
15mph
Tue
Oct 20
6447
28%
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
6451
26%
12mph
Thu
Oct 22
6350
31%
12mph
83°
86°61°
55°48°
57°40°
58°42°
64°47°
64°51°
63°50°
As of 6:00 PM in Hanover County Municipal Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Hanover County Municipal Airport
Index 63, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Richmond (VA), 16 miles off.
63Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)63Moderate-
- Ozone43Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)21Good-
The days ahead
Highest 53, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 52YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
- 17SatOct 17
- 22SunOct 18
- 28MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Hanover County Municipal Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. 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 Hanover County Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 3 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- OFP
- ICAO
- KOFP
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 207 ft
- Serves
- Hanover
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- OFP
- Wind now
- From 200° at 9 mph, read 16 Oct, 17:54
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 / 34 | 5,402 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 150° / 330° | 6 mph head, on 16 | 7 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Richmond (ASOS) (OFP), Hanover County Municipal 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 57% saturated; the humidity ran from 53% at 3 PM to 97% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 5 PM
- Humidity now
- 57%
- Humidity, range
- 53 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the south southwest at 5 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 24 mph at 3 PM.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 3 PM
- Highest gust
- 24mph
- 3 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.77 inHg at 5 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.38 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.77inHg
- 5 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.38inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 4 AM; 9 miles now.
- Now
- 9mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 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 600 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 4 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
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
- 8 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Richmond (ASOS): 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 Hanover County Municipal 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/207 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Bowling Green - Fort AP HillFAPV2
At a river or reservoir gauge/25.7 mi away/222 ft/15 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Mechanicsville 5.2 NWVA-HV-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/178 ft/29 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
AshlandASHV2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/246 ft/39 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 Ashland (ASHV2), 3.8 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 18:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Hanover County Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ashlandtown, 4 mi
- Glen Allencommunity, 4 mi
- Hanovercommunity, 5 mi
- Chamberlaynecommunity, 5 mi
- Laurelcommunity, 7 mi
- Lakesidecommunity, 7 mi
- Dumbartoncommunity, 8 mi
- Mechanicsvillecommunity, 8 mi
- Innsbrookcommunity, 8 mi
- Wyndhamcommunity, 10 mi
- East Highland Parkcommunity, 10 mi
- Short Pumpcommunity, 11 mi
Airports near Hanover County Municipal Airport
- Richmond International AirportRIC, 15 mi
- Richmond Executive-Chesterfield County AirportFCI, 21 mi
- New Kent County AirportW96, 22 mi
- Lake Anna Airport7W4, 24 mi
- Tappahannock-Essex County AirportXSA, 31 mi
- Louisa County Airport / Freeman FieldLKU, 36 mi
- Dinwiddie County AirportPTB, 36 mi
- Shannon AirportEZF, 39 mi