Temperature
61 F at 12 AM; 67 F at its warmest, 2 AM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 61F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 67F
- 2 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 61F
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport, Virginia
Medium airport in Augusta County, Virginia61°
82°/56°
Overcast·
Feels like 61°·Light breeze 4 mph S
Coming up. Tomorrow is 29 degrees cooler: a high of 53° after 82° today.
Now. Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport is 61° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the south at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 81° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. 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 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is possible tomorrow (44%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:37 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:36 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 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
36Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
61feels61
19%
Today
Oct 16
8256
17%
14mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
5343
44%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5431
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
5833
11%
Tue
Oct 20
6337
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6340
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6239
mostly clear day
61°
82°56°
53°43°
54°31°
58°33°
63°37°
63°40°
62°39°
As of 1:00 AM in Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport
Index 36, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Harrisonburg (VA), 13 miles off.
36Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)36Good-
- Ozone6Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 52YesterdayOct 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 Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport
0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.34 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Last 3 days
- 0.34in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 9%
Visibility
How far you can see at Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Sat 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SHD
- ICAO
- KSHD
- IATA
- SHD
- Field elevation
- 1,201 ft
- Serves
- Weyers Cave
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- SHD
- Wind now
- From 200° at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 6,002 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 38° / 218° | 5 mph head, on 23 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Staunton/Shenandoah (SHD), Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 61 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 100% at 2 AM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 61F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 100 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph from the south southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 9 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 9 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.09 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.09inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.05inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 6 AM Thursday, under a mile for 3 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 3
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 2 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 2 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.10 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.03 in, in the hour to 10 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.10in
- Wettest hour
- 0.03in
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 6
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Staunton/Shenandoah: 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 Shenandoah Valley Regional 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,201 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sewage PlantSTAV2
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.8 mi away/1,325 ft/124 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
ShenandoahS2088
At a soil climate station/29.1 mi away/1,763 ft/562 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Weyers Cave 0.2 ESEVA-AG-44
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/1,194 ft/7 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Sewage PlantSTAV2
At a cooperative observer's station/10.8 mi away/1,325 ft/124 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 Sewage Plant (STAV2), 10.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Weyers Cavecommunity, 1 mi
- Mount Sidneycommunity, 4 mi
- Grottoestown, 4 mi
- Port Republiccommunity, 5 mi
- New Hopecommunity, 5 mi
- Harristoncommunity, 5 mi
- Mount Crawfordtown, 7 mi
- Veronacommunity, 7 mi
- Crimoracommunity, 8 mi
- Bridgewatertown, 9 mi
- Massanetta Springscommunity, 10 mi
- Daytontown, 11 mi
Airports near Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport
- Bridgewater Air ParkVBW, 8 mi
- Eagle's Nest AirportW13, 13 mi
- Charlottesville Albemarle AirportCHO, 26 mi
- New Market Airport8W2, 29 mi
- Luray Caverns AirportLUA, 35 mi
- Gordonsville Municipal AirportGVE, 40 mi
- Orange County AirportOMH, 46 mi
- Louisa County Airport / Freeman FieldLKU, 53 mi