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Fairview, Virginia

Community in Mecklenburg County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Fairview

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Prince Edward Co. (VA), 28 miles off.

15Good
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fairview

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.01in

Visibility

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

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 5 AM, under a mile for 4 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fairview, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Chase CityCCYV2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.2 mi away/524 ft/55 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station GW7362, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 20.0 mi from Fairview, Virginia. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station GW7362, 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 GW7362FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION GW7362PLAN, 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 GW7362, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW7362TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW7362-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 430 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.46 inHg and the temperature at 57.5 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.16 inHg means its barometer reads 29.69 inHg; it reports 65.0 F, 7.5 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station GW7362 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 430 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.46 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.5 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.16 and the station pressure it means, 29.69.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW7362FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION GW7362 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 GW73622 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT430 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 HERE29.46 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.5 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.16 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.69 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED65.0 FTITLECitizen station GW7362, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW7362TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW7362-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 44 degrees above the horizon at 36.74 N, and the day is 11 h 05 min long. Level ground there takes 70 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station GW7362, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 44 degrees above the horizon, against 77 at the June solstice, 53 at the equinoxes and 30 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 05 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW7362FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION GW7362ELEVATION 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 77°EQUINOXES 53°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 30°OCT 16, 44°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 05 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 70 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 36.74 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station GW7362, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW7362TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW7362-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station GW7362, 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.

Near Fairview

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

Near Fairview

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