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Franklin, Virginia

City in Franklin city, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Franklin

Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 31 miles off.

43Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)43Good-
  • Ozone20Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Franklin

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Franklin, the next 42 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 10 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Franklin, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Franklin/J B RoseFKN

At an airfield/2.4 mi away/39 ft/2 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Citizen station EW5804EW5804

In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.2 mi away/70 ft/33 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Franklin 0.5 ESEVA-ST-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/29 ft/8 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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SuffolkSUFV2

At a cooperative observer's station/19.1 mi away/46 ft/9 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Franklin/J B Rose, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.4 mi from Franklin, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 400 ft; the ceiling is 400 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Franklin/J B Rose, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 400 feet, the ceiling at 400 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FKNFIG. A THE SKY OVER FRANKLIN/J B ROSESECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEFranklin/J B Rose, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FKNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FKN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

67.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 400 ft.

Chart of the air at Franklin/J B Rose: temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FKNFIG. B THE AIR AT FRANKLIN/J B ROSETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 67.0 F, 65.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEFranklin/J B Rose, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FKNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FKN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Franklin/J B Rose, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FKNFIG. C THE WIND AT FRANKLIN/J B ROSEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFranklin/J B Rose, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FKNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FKN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Franklin/J B Rose, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Suffolk (SUFV2), 19.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Franklin

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

Near Franklin

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