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Franconia, Virginia

Community in Fairfax County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Franconia

Index 60, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Northern Virginia and DC (DC), 13 miles off.

60Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)60Moderate24.5 mi
  • Ozone31Good36 ppb22 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.3 ppb24.5 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb24.5 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm24.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Franconia

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.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.01in

Visibility

How far you can see at Franconia, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 12 AM.

FriSatSun

What is measuring near here

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

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

Rank-

Dunn LoringDNLV2

At a cooperative observer's station/9.5 mi away/489 ft/259 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,540of 1,541

Station report

The weather at Fort Belvoir/Daviso, drawn

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.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Belvoir/Daviso, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DAAFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT BELVOIR/DAVISOSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Belvoir/Daviso, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DAATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DAA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

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.

Chart of the air at Fort Belvoir/Daviso: temperature 79.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.6, 72 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DAAFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT BELVOIR/DAVISOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.3 FTEMPERATURE 79.5 FDEW POINT 69.6 FSPREAD 9.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 72 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 POINTTITLEFort Belvoir/Daviso, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DAATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DAA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (160 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Fort Belvoir/Daviso, north up: blowing from 160 degrees, the south southeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DAAFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT BELVOIR/DAVISOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 160°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Belvoir/Daviso, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DAATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DAA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Belvoir/Daviso, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Dunn Loring (DNLV2), 9.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Virginia

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