Temperature
63 F at 7 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 63F
- 7 AM
- Highest
- 73F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport, Virginia
Medium airport in Roanoke city, Virginia79°
83°/64°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 79°·Light breeze 6 mph WSW
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 6 AM, the chance peaking at 66% around 7 AM.
Now. Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport is 79° and mostly clear at 12 PM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the west-southwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 8 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 Tuesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (75%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:42 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:44 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 14 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
6UV Moderate
34Air quality
67%Humidity
19%Cloud
Now
12:00 PM
79feels79
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
8364
17%
16mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5749
75%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5838
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6139
12%
Tue
Oct 20
6844
11%
Wed
Oct 21
6648
14%
Thu
Oct 22
6648
15%
79°
83°64°
57°49°
58°38°
61°39°
68°44°
66°48°
66°48°
As of 12:00 PM in Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport
Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Roanoke (VA), 10 miles off.
34Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good-
- Ozone12Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.
GoodModerate
- 47YesterdayOct 15
- 44TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Last 3 days
- 0.11in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 36%
Visibility
How far you can see at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport, the next 45 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ROA
- ICAO
- KROA
- IATA
- ROA
- Field elevation
- 1,175 ft
- Serves
- Roanoke
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- ROA
- Wind now
- From 140° at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 11:54
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 6,800 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 49° / 229° | 0 mph head, on 06 | 5 mph from the right |
| 16 / 34 | 5,810 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 148° / 328° | 5 mph head, on 16 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Roanoke Muni (ROA), Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 63 F, the air 98% saturated; the humidity ran from 84% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 7 AM
- Humidity now
- 98%
- Humidity, range
- 84 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
2 mph from the south at 8 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 5 PM Thursday, with a gust of 17 mph at 1 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 2mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 5 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 17mph
- 1 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.03 inHg at 8 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.16 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.03inHg
- 8 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.16inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.2 miles at 7 AM, under a mile for 5 hours; 0.2 miles now.
- Now
- 0.2mi
- Lowest
- 0.2mi
- 7 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 5
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 9 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 200ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 9 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.06 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.05 in, in the hour to 11 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.06in
- Wettest hour
- 0.05in
- 11 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Roanoke Muni: 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 Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Roanoke MuniROA
At an airfield/0.6 mi away/1,131 ft/44 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Craig Valley RAWSCGVV2
A remote fire weather station/14.7 mi away/1,316 ft/141 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Roanoke 3.1 NNEVA-RNC-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/1,082 ft/93 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
RoanokeROAV2
At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/1,148 ft/27 ft below 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 Roanoke (ROAV2), 2.7 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Hollinscommunity, 2 mi
- Roanokecity, 4 mi
- Cloverdalecommunity, 5 mi
- Salemcity, 5 mi
- Vintontown, 6 mi
- Cave Springcommunity, 7 mi
- Dalevillecommunity, 7 mi
- Laymantowncommunity, 7 mi
- Troutvilletown, 8 mi
- Blue Ridge Mountainsfeature, 8 mi
- Glenvarcommunity, 9 mi
- Blue Ridgecommunity, 9 mi
Airports near Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport
- Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive AirportBCB, 25 mi
- New River Valley AirportPSK, 41 mi
- Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn FieldLYH, 43 mi
- Ingalls FieldHSP, 44 mi
- Blue Ridge AirportMTV, 48 mi
- Brookneal/Campbell County Airport0V4, 54 mi
- Twin County AirportHLX, 61 mi
- Danville Regional AirportDAN, 63 mi