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Virginia City, Nevada

Community in Storey County, Nevada

Air quality

The air at Virginia City

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Carson City (NV), 13 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good13 mi
  • Ozone19Good11 ppb13 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Virginia City

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Virginia City, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Virginia City, NevadaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Virginia City, 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 now4 instruments

Reno WashoeBLCN2

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.7 mi away/5,570 ft/566 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank403of 698

Highland FlatsFMFNV

Beside a road/4.2 mi away/6,345 ft/209 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Carson CityCXP

At an airfield/9.2 mi away/4,695 ft/1,441 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank8of 698

measured daily2 instruments

Virginia City 0.1 SENV-ST-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.0 mi away/6,142 ft/6 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Virginia CityVRCN2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/6,125 ft/11 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank668of 698

Station report

The weather at Carson City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.2 mi from Virginia City, Nevada. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:10 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Carson City, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CXPFIG. A THE SKY OVER CARSON CITYSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECarson City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CXPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CXP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 23.0 F, 30 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Carson City: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 23.0, 30 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CXPFIG. B THE AIR AT CARSON CITYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 6,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 16.8 FTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 23.0 FSPREAD 30.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 30 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLECarson City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CXPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CXP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (60 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Carson City, north up: blowing from 60 degrees, the east northeast, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CXPFIG. C THE WIND AT CARSON CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 60°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECarson City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CXPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CXP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Carson City, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Virginia City (VRCN2), 0.3 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Nevada

22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Virginia City

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Virginia City

River and lake gauges