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Ferrum, Virginia

Community in Franklin County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Ferrum

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Roanoke (VA), 37 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
  • Ozone23Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Ferrum

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 3 miles Sat 9 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ferrum, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Ferrum 0.2 ESEVA-FR-29

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/1,383 ft/31 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Rocky MountRYMV2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.7 mi away/1,122 ft/230 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank73of 1,541

Station report

The weather at Martinsville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.7 mi from Ferrum, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Martinsville, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTVFIG. A THE SKY OVER MARTINSVILLESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 4,400 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMartinsville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MTVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MTV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

83.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 49 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Martinsville: temperature 83.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 49 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTVFIG. B THE AIR AT MARTINSVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 4,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 57.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,400 FTTEMPERATURE 83.0 FDEW POINT 62.0 FSPREAD 21.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 49 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 POINTTITLEMartinsville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MTVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MTV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 6 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at Martinsville, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 6 miles an hour, gusting 16; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTVFIG. C THE WIND AT MARTINSVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMartinsville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MTVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MTV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Martinsville, in 6 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 Ferrum

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

Near Ferrum

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