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Chatham, Virginia

Town in Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Chatham

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Person County (NC), 39 miles off.

22Good
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 38, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Chatham

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Chatham, the next 41 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 5 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.

FriSat

On the radar over Chatham, VirginiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Chatham, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Water PltCHMV2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.8 mi away/623 ft/90 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,100of 1,541

Chatham 1.5 EVA-PT-19

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/724 ft/11 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank92of 1,541

Station report

The weather at Danville Regional, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.9 mi from Chatham, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:16 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 900 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Danville Regional, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 900 feet, the ceiling at 900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DANFIG. A THE SKY OVER DANVILLE REGIONALSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDanville Regional, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DANTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DAN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Danville Regional: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DANFIG. B THE AIR AT DANVILLE REGIONALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 900 FTTEMPERATURE 69.0 FDEW POINT 66.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEDanville Regional, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DANTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DAN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Danville Regional, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DANFIG. C THE WIND AT DANVILLE REGIONALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDanville Regional, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DANTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DAN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Water Plt (CHMV2), 0.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Chatham

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

Near Chatham

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