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Earlysville, Virginia

Community in Albemarle County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Earlysville

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Charlottesville (VA), 8 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone14Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Earlysville

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at Earlysville, the next 43 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Fri 6 AM, under a mile for 4 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Earlysville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Citizen station FW5987, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 5.2 mi from Earlysville, Virginia. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station FW5987, 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 FW5987FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION FW5987PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECitizen station FW5987, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW5987TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW5987-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 524 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.36 inHg and the temperature at 57.1 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.10 inHg means its barometer reads 29.53 inHg; it reports 59.0 F, 1.9 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station FW5987 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 524 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.36 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.1 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.10 and the station pressure it means, 29.53.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW5987FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION FW5987 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION FW59872 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT524 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 HERE29.36 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.1 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.10 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.53 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED59.0 FTITLECitizen station FW5987, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW5987TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW5987-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 43 degrees above the horizon at 38.08 N, and the day is 11 h 02 min long. Level ground there takes 68 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station FW5987, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 43 degrees above the horizon, against 75 at the June solstice, 52 at the equinoxes and 28 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 02 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW5987FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION FW5987ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 75°EQUINOXES 52°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 28°OCT 16, 43°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 02 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 68 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 38.08 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station FW5987, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW5987TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW5987-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station FW5987, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

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

Near Earlysville

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