Citizen station FW2269FW2269
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/326 ft/42 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 28 degrees cooler: a high of 54° after 82° today.
Now. Countryside is 75° and mostly cloudy at 12 PM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the south-southwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is possible tomorrow (33%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:30 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:27 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 11 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 PM in Countryside, Virginia.
Air quality
Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Northern Virginia (VA), 11 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.13 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Countryside, VirginiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Countryside, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.
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Citizen station FW2269FW2269
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/326 ft/42 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/7.9 mi away/390 ft/106 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Meteorological STN At Glade Rec Area At Reston385536077204401
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.1 mi away/382 ft/98 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Countryside 1.1 WNWVA-LD-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/226 ft/58 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Sterling WFOKCIV2
At a cooperative observer's station/6.2 mi away/289 ft/5 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 7.9 mi from Countryside, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Broken at 900 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
71.6 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.
From the south (190 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Leesburg/Godfrey, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Sterling WFO (KCIV2), 6.2 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.