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Covington, Virginia

City in Covington city, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Covington

Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Roanoke (VA), 24 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good-
  • Ozone13Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, 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 Covington

0.29 in in the last 24 hours, 0.37 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.29in
Last 3 days
0.37in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Covington, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Covington 1.8 ENEVA-AL-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/1,408 ft/141 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Lime Kiln RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 18.7 mi from Covington, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:16 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

64.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Lime Kiln RAWS: temperature 64.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LKRV2FIG. B THE AIR AT LIME KILN RAWSTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.0 F, 64.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLELime Kiln RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP LKRV2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LKRV2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (224 degrees) at 1 mph, gusting 8 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 8 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lime Kiln RAWS, north up: blowing from 224 degrees, the southwest, at 1 miles an hour, gusting 8; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LKRV2FIG. C THE WIND AT LIME KILN RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 224°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELime Kiln RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP LKRV2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LKRV2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 2,018 ft above sea level, 7 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.80 inHg and the temperature at 51.8 F; it reports 64.0 F, 12.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Lime Kiln RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 2,018 feet above sea level with 7 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.80 inches of mercury, and temperature, 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LKRV2FIG. D WHERE LIME KILN RAWS STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERELIME KILN RAWS7 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT2,018 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE27.80 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE51.8 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED64.0 FTITLELime Kiln RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP LKRV2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LKRV2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Lime Kiln RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Filter Plant LARC USACE Dcp (CFPV2), 1.8 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 Covington

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

Near Covington

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