Temperature
64 F at 4 AM; 75 F at its warmest, 10 AM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 64F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 75F
- 10 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 64F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Dinwiddie County Airport, Virginia
Small airport in Dinwiddie County, Virginia64°
87°/62°
Overcast·
Feels like 64°·Calm 0 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 11 PM, the chance peaking at 85% around 5 AM.
Now. Dinwiddie County Airport is 64° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 52° by 8 AM, under 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 57): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (97%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:32 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:34 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 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
57Air quality
96%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
64feels64
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8762
91%
12mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5748
97%
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
5840
13mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6142
21%
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
6646
17%
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
6749
15%
Thu
Oct 22
6650
22%
64°
87°62°
57°48°
58°40°
61°42°
66°46°
67°49°
66°50°
As of 4:00 AM in Dinwiddie County Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Dinwiddie County Airport
Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Richmond (VA), 21 miles off.
57Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate13.1 mi
- Ozone16Good16 ppb13.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good13.1 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide5Good5.8 ppb17.9 mi
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 52YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Dinwiddie County Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 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 Dinwiddie County Airport, the next 41 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Fri 8 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PTB
- ICAO
- KPTB
- IATA
- PTB
- Field elevation
- 193 ft
- Serves
- Petersburg
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- PTB
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 04:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 5,002 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 43° / 223° | Calm | Calm |
| 14 / 32 unlit | 3,061 ft | 50 ft | Asphalt | 133° / 313° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Petersburg (AWOS) (PTB), Dinwiddie County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 62 F, the air 95% saturated; the humidity ran from 69% at 2 PM Thursday to 95% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 62F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 95%
- Humidity, range
- 69 to 95%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 4 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 10 AM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 10 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 14mph
- 10 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 10 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.03 inHg at 4 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.03inHg
- 4 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 4 AM; 3 miles now.
- Now
- 3mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 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 300 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 300ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 4 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 18
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
Petersburg (AWOS): 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 Dinwiddie County 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/194 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Prince GeorgePRGV2
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.9 mi away/161 ft/32 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Petersburg 5.6 SWVA-DN-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/173 ft/20 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PetersburgPBGV2
At a cooperative observer's station/7.4 mi away/7 ft/186 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 Dinwiddie County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Matoacacommunity, 4 mi
- Ettrickcommunity, 6 mi
- Petersburgcity, 6 mi
- Colonial Heightscity, 8 mi
- Dinwiddiecommunity, 8 mi
- Fort Leecommunity, 10 mi
- Templetoncommunity, 11 mi
- Chestercommunity, 12 mi
- Hopewellcity, 13 mi
- Prince Georgecommunity, 14 mi
- Enoncommunity, 14 mi
- Bellwoodcommunity, 16 mi
Airports near Dinwiddie County Airport
- Richmond Executive-Chesterfield County AirportFCI, 15 mi
- Richmond International AirportRIC, 24 mi
- Allen C Perkinson Blackstone Army Air FieldBKT, 26 mi
- New Kent County AirportW96, 30 mi
- Wakefield Municipal AirportAKQ, 31 mi
- Brunswick Municipal AirportLVL, 32 mi
- Crewe Municipal AirportW81, 33 mi
- Emporia Greensville Regional AirportEMV, 34 mi