Parks/Virginia/Fairy Stone State Park

Fairy Stone State Park, Virginia

State Park in Henry County, Virginia

65° 82°/60°

Mostly cloudy· Feels like 65°·Calm 0 mph SSW

Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 7 AM, the chance peaking at 66% around 8 AM.

Now. Fairy Stone State Park is 65° and mostly cloudy at 7 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 81° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 7 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 Wednesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. Rain is likely tomorrow (82%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:43 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:46 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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

25Air quality

92%Humidity

80%Cloud

Now

7:00 AM

65feels65

Today

Oct 16

8260

53%

UV 6

Sat

Oct 17

5645

82%

12mph

Sun

Oct 18

5636

UV 6

Mon

Oct 19

6036

10%

UV 6

Tue

Oct 20

6640

Wed

Oct 21

6743

UV 6

Thu

Oct 22

6643

65°

82°60°

56°45°

56°36°

60°36°

66°40°

67°43°

66°43°

As of 7:00 AM in Fairy Stone State Park, Virginia.

Air quality

The air at Fairy Stone State Park

Index 25, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Roanoke (VA), 47 miles off.

25Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good-
Ozone10Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.

GoodModerate

47YesterdayOct 15
44TodayOct 16

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fairy Stone State Park

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 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 Fairy Stone State Park, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 3 miles Sat 9 AM.

Park

Designation: State Park
Area: 8.49 sq mi
Height at its point: 971 ft
County: Henry County
State: Virginia
Latitude: 36.7897° N
Longitude: 80.0521° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fairy Stone State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Philpott Res At Philpott Dam Nr Philpott02071900

At a dam/1.5 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

MartinsvilleMTV

At an airfield/11.4 mi away/942 ft/29 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Reynolds HomesteadS2089

At a soil climate station/11.7 mi away/1,127 ft/156 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Citizen station GW5556GW5556

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.8 mi away/1,100 ft/129 ft above here