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Culpeper, Virginia

Town in Culpeper County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Culpeper

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Shenandoah National Park (VA), 24 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good23.8 mi
  • Ozone28Good10 ppb12.6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 23, 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 Culpeper

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.09in

Visibility

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

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Fri 4 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Culpeper, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

CulpeperCJR

At an airfield/8.6 mi away/312 ft/92 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank999of 1,541

measured daily2 instruments

Culpeper 1.3 WNWVA-CP-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/430 ft/26 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

SperryvilleSPYV2

At a cooperative observer's station/16.0 mi away/906 ft/502 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Culpeper, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.6 mi from Culpeper, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 2.5 mi.

Section of the sky over Culpeper, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 2.5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CJRFIG. A THE SKY OVER CULPEPERSECTION, 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 200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 2.5 MI0510TITLECulpeper, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CJRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CJR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

61.7 F with a dew point of 60.0 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Culpeper: temperature 61.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.0, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CJRFIG. B THE AIR AT CULPEPERTHE 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 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 61.7 F, 60.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLECulpeper, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CJRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CJR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Culpeper, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 5 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 CJRFIG. C THE WIND AT CULPEPERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECulpeper, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CJRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CJR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Sperryville (SPYV2), 16.0 miles from here, read 8 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Culpeper

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

Near Culpeper

River and lake gauges