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Fredericksburg, Virginia

City in Fredericksburg city, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Fredericksburg

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Southern Maryland (MD), 38 miles off.

16Good
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fredericksburg

0.13 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.13in
Last 3 days
0.13in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fredericksburg, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

FredericksburgFEDV2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.8 mi away/43 ft/102 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Fredericksburg 1.5 SVA-FDC-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/229 ft/84 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station GW3496, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 0.7 mi from Fredericksburg, Virginia. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the south southwest (208 degrees) at 4 mph, gusting 8 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station GW3496, north up: blowing from 208 degrees, the south southwest, at 4 miles an hour, gusting 8; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW3496FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION GW3496PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 208°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station GW3496, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW3496TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW3496-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 135 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.78 inHg and the temperature at 58.5 F; the station's altimeter setting of 29.95 inHg means its barometer reads 29.80 inHg; it reports 62.0 F, 3.5 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station GW3496 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 135 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.78 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.5 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 29.95 and the station pressure it means, 29.80.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW3496FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION GW3496 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 GW34960 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT135 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 HERE29.78 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.5 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED29.95 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.80 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED62.0 FTITLECitizen station GW3496, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW3496TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW3496-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 43 degrees above the horizon at 38.31 N, and the day is 11 h 02 min long. Level ground there takes 68 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station GW3496, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 43 degrees above the horizon, against 75 at the June solstice, 52 at the equinoxes and 28 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 02 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW3496FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION GW3496ELEVATION 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 75°EQUINOXES 52°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 28°OCT 16, 43°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 02 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 68 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 38.31 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station GW3496, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW3496TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW3496-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station GW3496, 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 Fredericksburg

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

Near Fredericksburg

River and lake gauges