Temperature
67 F at 8 AM; 71 F at its warmest, 9 AM Thursday, and 67 F at its coolest, 4 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 67F
- 8 AM
- Highest
- 71F
- 9 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 67F
- 4 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Norfolk International Airport, Virginia
Large airport in Norfolk city, Virginia67°
86°/66°
Overcast·
Feels like 67°·Gentle breeze 10 mph SW
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM (90%).
Now. Norfolk International Airport is 67° and overcast at 8 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 59° by 7 AM, with some cloud. 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 Wednesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 62°. Rain is likely tomorrow (90%). Rain is possible Sunday (31%), Monday (47%), Tuesday (31%), Wednesday (36%) and Thursday (36%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 28 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:27 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. The day is 11 hours 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
44Air quality
93%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
67feels67
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8666
69%
14mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6255
90%
26mph
Sun
Oct 18
6251
31%
28mph
Mon
Oct 19
6455
47%
26mph
Tue
Oct 20
6656
31%
23mph
Wed
Oct 21
6758
36%
24mph
Thu
Oct 22
6758
36%
21mph
67°
86°66°
62°55°
62°51°
64°55°
66°56°
67°58°
67°58°
As of 8:00 AM in Norfolk International Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Norfolk International Airport
Index 44, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 16 miles off.
44Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)44Good6.4 mi
- Ozone19Good19 ppb17.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)16Good6.4 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.6 ppb6.4 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.8 ppb6.4 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm6.4 mi
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 55YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Norfolk International Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 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 Norfolk International Airport, the next 43 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 9 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ORF
- ICAO
- KORF
- IATA
- ORF
- Field elevation
- 26 ft
- Serves
- Norfolk
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- ORF
- Wind now
- From 220° at 13 mph, read 16 Oct, 07:51
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 9,001 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 38° / 218° | 13 mph head, on 23 | None |
| 14 / 32 | 4,876 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 128° / 308° | 0 mph head, on 14 | 13 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Norfolk INTL Arpt (ORF), Norfolk International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 65 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 78% at 9 AM Thursday to 95% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 65F
- 8 AM
- Humidity now
- 93%
- Humidity, range
- 78 to 95%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the southwest at 8 AM; at its strongest 17 mph, 10 AM Thursday, with a gust of 29 mph at 9 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 10 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 29mph
- 9 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.98 inHg at 8 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.15 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.98inHg
- 8 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.03inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.15inHg
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 400 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 400ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 4 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
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
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Norfolk INTL Arpt: 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 Norfolk International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.7 mi away/30 ft/4 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Lynn Shores - Thalia CreekTHAV2
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.6 mi away/14 ft/12 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Cape Charles 5 ENE03739
At a climate reference station/31.4 mi away/29 ft/3 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Norfolk 1.6 SEVA-NRC-23
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/22 ft/4 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NorfolkNFKV2
At a cooperative observer's station/2.3 mi away/30 ft/4 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 Norfolk (NFKV2), 2.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Norfolk International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Norfolkcity, 6 mi
- Portsmouthcity, 9 mi
- Chesapeakecity, 10 mi
- Virginia Beachcity, 13 mi
- Hamptoncity, 14 mi
- Carrolltoncommunity, 18 mi
- Bethel Manorcommunity, 19 mi
- Poquosoncity, 19 mi
- Newport Newscity, 21 mi
- Benns Churchcommunity, 22 mi
- Suffolkcity, 22 mi
- Smithfieldtown, 23 mi
Airports near Norfolk International Airport
- Norfolk Naval Station (Chambers Field)NGU, 6 mi
- Oceana Naval Air StationNTU, 11 mi
- Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing FieldNFE, 15 mi
- Langley Air Force BaseLFI, 16 mi
- Hampton Roads Executive AirportPVG, 16 mi
- Chesapeake Regional AirportCPK, 17 mi
- Newport News Williamsburg International AirportPHF, 23 mi
- Suffolk Executive AirportSFQ, 27 mi