Citizen station GW5684GW5684
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/133 ft/97 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Severe Thunderstorm Watch, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in force for Franconia until 8 PM today. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this evening, from about 7 PM, the chance peaking at 67% around 8 PM.
Now. Franconia is 79° and clear at 6 PM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the west-southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 50° by 8 AM, under cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 60): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (69%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:29 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:27 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 6:00 PM in Franconia, Virginia.
Air quality
Index 60, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Northern Virginia and DC (DC), 13 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 12 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Franconia, VirginiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Franconia, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station GW5684GW5684
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/133 ft/97 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Met STN At Bryant Alternative Hs Nr Alexandria384550077044201
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.0 mi away/209 ft/21 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/4.2 mi away/69 ft/161 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Franconia 0.9 NVA-FX-28
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/253 ft/23 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Dunn LoringDNLV2
At a cooperative observer's station/9.5 mi away/489 ft/259 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 4.2 mi from Franconia, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
79.5 F with a dew point of 69.6 F, 72 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up.
From the south southeast (160 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Dunn Loring (DNLV2), 9.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
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