Temperature
64 F at 4 AM; 74 F at its warmest, 5 AM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 64F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 74F
- 5 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
New Kent County Airport, Virginia
Small airport in New Kent County, Virginia64°
87°/62°
Overcast·
Feels like 64°·Calm 0 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 10 PM, the chance peaking at 67% around 1 AM.
Now. New Kent County Airport is 64° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 62°, 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 51° by 8 AM, under cloud. 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 6:30 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:31 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
95%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
64feels64
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8762
92%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5749
97%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5842
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6143
27%
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
6648
18%
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
6750
16%
Thu
Oct 22
6651
22%
64°
87°62°
57°49°
58°42°
61°43°
66°48°
67°50°
66°51°
As of 4:00 AM in New Kent County Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at New Kent County Airport
Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Richmond (VA), 15 miles off.
57Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate12.9 mi
- Ozone16Good11 ppb8.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good15.3 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide5Good5.8 ppb12.9 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb15.3 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm15.3 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 New Kent 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 New Kent 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
- W96
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 123 ft
- Serves
- Quinton
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- W96
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 04:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 | 3,600 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 100° / 280° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Quinton (W96), New Kent 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 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 72% at 2 PM Thursday to 94% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 62F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 94%
- Humidity, range
- 72 to 94%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
1 mph from the south southwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 12 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 1mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 12 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.00 inHg at 4 AM, falling 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.00inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.07inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.06inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 4 AM; 5 miles now.
- Now
- 5mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 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 500 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 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
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Quinton: 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 New Kent 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
QuintonW96
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/113 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Prince GeorgePRGV2
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.8 mi away/161 ft/38 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
New Kent 5.0 WVA-NK-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/146 ft/23 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Varina 1NNWVRNV2
At a cooperative observer's station/12.8 mi away/162 ft/39 ft above 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 New Kent County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- New Kentcommunity, 8 mi
- Sandstoncommunity, 10 mi
- Highland Springscommunity, 12 mi
- Charles Citycommunity, 12 mi
- Montrosecommunity, 14 mi
- Mechanicsvillecommunity, 14 mi
- King Williamcommunity, 14 mi
- East Highland Parkcommunity, 15 mi
- Enoncommunity, 17 mi
- Richmondcity, 17 mi
- Central Garagecommunity, 17 mi
- King and Queen Court Housecommunity, 18 mi
Airports near New Kent County Airport
- Richmond International AirportRIC, 11 mi
- Middle Peninsula Regional AirportFYJ, 20 mi
- Hanover County Municipal AirportOFP, 22 mi
- Richmond Executive-Chesterfield County AirportFCI, 23 mi
- Tappahannock-Essex County AirportXSA, 28 mi
- Williamsburg Jamestown AirportJGG, 29 mi
- Dinwiddie County AirportPTB, 30 mi
- Wakefield Municipal AirportAKQ, 36 mi