Temperature
62 F at 12 AM; 74 F at its warmest, 4 AM Thursday, and 62 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 62F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 74F
- 4 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 62F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Tappahannock-Essex County Airport, Virginia
Small airport in Essex County, Virginia63°
87°/61°
Overcast·
Feels like 63°·Calm 0 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 10 PM, the chance peaking at 68% around 4 AM.
Now. Tappahannock-Essex County Airport is 63° and overcast at 3 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 52° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. Rain is likely tomorrow (98%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:29 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 13 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
16Air quality
100%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
63feels63
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8761
94%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5649
98%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5842
13%
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6143
19%
14mph
Tue
Oct 20
6546
13%
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
6649
10%
Thu
Oct 22
6450
13%
63°
87°61°
56°49°
58°42°
61°43°
65°46°
66°49°
64°50°
As of 3:00 AM in Tappahannock-Essex County Airport, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Tappahannock-Essex County Airport
Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Southern Maryland (MD), 37 miles off.
16Good
- Ozone16Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 20, good.
GoodModerate
- 20YesterdayOct 15
- 33TodayOct 16
- 11SatOct 17
- 22SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Tappahannock-Essex County Airport
0.06 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.06in
- Last 3 days
- 0.06in
Visibility
How far you can see at Tappahannock-Essex County Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 9 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- XSA
- ICAO
- KXSA
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 135 ft
- Serves
- Tappahannock
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- XSA
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 unlit | 4,300 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 86° / 266° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Tappahannock (XSA), Tappahannock-Essex 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 99% saturated; the humidity ran from 79% at 1 PM Thursday to 99% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 62F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 99%
- Humidity, range
- 79 to 99%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Pressure
30.08 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.08inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.05inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,400 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,400ft
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.03 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.03 in, in the hour to 12 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Wettest hour
- 0.03in
- 12 AM
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Tappahannock: 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 Tappahannock-Essex 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
TappahannockXSA
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/135 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Bowling Green - Fort AP HillFAPV2
At a river or reservoir gauge/27.5 mi away/222 ft/87 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
St Stephens Church 1.1 NEVA-KQ-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.8 mi away/131 ft/4 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Warsaw 2NWWRWV2
At a cooperative observer's station/11.0 mi away/143 ft/8 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 Tappahannock-Essex County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Tappahannocktown, 5 mi
- Warsawtown, 10 mi
- King and Queen Court Housecommunity, 13 mi
- King Williamcommunity, 13 mi
- Central Garagecommunity, 15 mi
- Montrosstown, 17 mi
- West Pointtown, 22 mi
- Urbannatown, 23 mi
- Heathsvillecommunity, 23 mi
- Saludacommunity, 24 mi
- Lancastercommunity, 24 mi
- New Kentcommunity, 25 mi
Airports near Tappahannock-Essex County Airport
- Middle Peninsula Regional AirportFYJ, 24 mi
- New Kent County AirportW96, 28 mi
- Hummel FieldW75, 30 mi
- Hanover County Municipal AirportOFP, 31 mi
- Richmond International AirportRIC, 34 mi
- Shannon AirportEZF, 41 mi
- Williamsburg Jamestown AirportJGG, 44 mi
- Richmond Executive-Chesterfield County AirportFCI, 47 mi