Citizen station FW2288FW2288
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.6 mi away/2,740 ft/764 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Shot Tower State Historical Park, Virginia
State Historic Park in Wythe County, Virginia70°
81°/64°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 70°·Light air 4 mph SSE
Now. Shot Tower State Historical Park is 70° and mostly cloudy at 10 PM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the south-southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 63° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 79°, and the coolest Saturday, near 51°. Rain is possible tomorrow (35%) and Saturday (42%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 17 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
12Air quality
94%Humidity
80%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
70feels70
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 15
8164
29%
UV 6
Fri
Oct 16
7963
35%
15mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
5146
42%
16mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
5535
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6036
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
6541
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
6644
UV 6
70°
81°64°
79°63°
51°46°
55°35°
60°36°
65°41°
66°44°
As of 10:00 PM in Shot Tower State Historical Park, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Shot Tower State Historical Park
Index 12, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Wythe Co. (VA), 13 miles off.
12Good
- Ozone12Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 39, good.
GoodModerate
- 39YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Shot Tower State Historical Park
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. 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 Shot Tower State Historical Park, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 2 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Historic Park
- Area
- 323,000 sq ft
- Height at its point
- 1,976 ft
- County
- Wythe County
- State
- Virginia
- Latitude
- 36.8704° N
- Longitude
- 80.8692° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Shot Tower State Historical Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
HillsvilleHLX
At an airfield/7.6 mi away/2,736 ft/760 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
New River Near Galax03164000
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.6 mi away/2,207 ft/231 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Woodlawn 5.3 NNWVA-CR-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/2,702 ft/726 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Wytheville 1 SWYTV2
At a cooperative observer's station/13.1 mi away/2,195 ft/219 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Shot Tower State Historical Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Austinvillecommunity, 3 mi
- Ivanhoecommunity, 6 mi
- Fort Chiswellcommunity, 6 mi
- Max Meadowscommunity, 9 mi
- Allisoniacommunity, 9 mi
- Woodlawncommunity, 10 mi
- Hillsvilletown, 10 mi
- Drapercommunity, 11 mi
- Hilltowncommunity, 12 mi
- Hiwasseecommunity, 12 mi
- Stevens Creekcommunity, 12 mi
- Friestown, 12 mi