Blackwater River 1 SW Franklin at US Highway 58/258FKLV2
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.0 mi away/10 ft/30 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 6 AM, the chance peaking at 82% around 9 AM.
Now. Boykins is 65° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° by 8 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 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (90%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:31 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:35 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 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Boykins, Virginia.
Air quality
Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Northampton County (NC), 16 miles off.
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 6 AM, under a mile for 3 hours.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Boykins, VirginiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Boykins, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Blackwater River 1 SW Franklin at US Highway 58/258FKLV2
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.0 mi away/10 ft/30 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Emporia-Greensville Rgl AirportEMV
At an airfield/17.3 mi away/128 ft/88 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station CW4206CW4206
In a volunteer observer's own ground/25.0 mi away/188 ft/148 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Drewryville 2.3 SWVA-ST-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.8 mi away/128 ft/88 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
EmporiaEPRV2
At a cooperative observer's station/21.4 mi away/167 ft/127 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 17.3 mi from Boykins, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
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Snow on the ground
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.