Parks/Virginia/Richmond National Battlefield Park

Richmond National Battlefield Park, Virginia

National Battlefield Park in Hanover County, Virginia

63° 87°/63°

Overcast· Feels like 63°·Light air 1 mph SSE

Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 10 PM, the chance peaking at 93% around 2 AM.

Now. Richmond National Battlefield Park is 63° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south-southeast at 1 mph.

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 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. Rain is likely tomorrow (98%).

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:31 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

34Air quality

91%Humidity

100%Cloud

Now

2:00 AM

63feels63

11%

Today

Oct 16

8763

93%

14mph

Sat

Oct 17

5851

98%

16mph

Sun

Oct 18

5942

15mph

UV 6

Mon

Oct 19

6343

16%

14mph

Tue

Oct 20

6747

12%

13mph

Wed

Oct 21

6850

12mph

Thu

Oct 22

6750

14%

63°

87°63°

58°51°

59°42°

63°43°

67°47°

68°50°

67°50°

As of 2:00 AM in Richmond National Battlefield Park, Virginia.

Air quality

The air at Richmond National Battlefield Park

Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Richmond (VA), 10 miles off.

34Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good6.8 mi
Ozone19Good16 ppb3.8 mi
Coarse particles (PM10)13Good6.8 mi
Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.2 ppb6.8 mi
Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb6.8 mi
Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm6.8 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 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Richmond National Battlefield Park

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Richmond National Battlefield Park, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 8 AM.

Park

Designation: National Battlefield Park
Area: 13 sq mi
Height at its point: 159 ft
County: Hanover County
State: Virginia
Latitude: 37.5781° N
Longitude: 77.2802° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Richmond National Battlefield Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Citizen station CW7979CW7979

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/145 ft/14 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Chickahominy Riv At RT 615 Nr Highland Spgs02042435

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.9 mi away/72 ft/87 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Richmond/Byrd FieldRIC

At an airfield/5.2 mi away/177 ft/18 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Mechanicsville 6.9 SEVA-HV-17