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Galax, Virginia

City in Galax city, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Galax

Index 40, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Wythe Co. (VA), 21 miles off.

40Good
  • Ozone40Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Galax

None in the last 24 hours; 0.25 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.25in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 6 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Galax, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Galax 0.7 ENEVA-GXC-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/2,599 ft/260 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Hillsville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.8 mi from Galax, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 8,000 ft; the ceiling is 8,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hillsville, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, the ceiling at 8,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HLXFIG. A THE SKY OVER HILLSVILLESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 8,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 8,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHillsville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HLXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HLX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

73.4 F with a dew point of 57.2 F, 57 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 8,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Hillsville: temperature 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.2, 57 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 8,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HLXFIG. B THE AIR AT HILLSVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 3,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 8,000 FTTEMPERATURE 73.4 FDEW POINT 57.2 FSPREAD 16.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 57 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 POINTTITLEHillsville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HLXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HLX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (250 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hillsville, north up: blowing from 250 degrees, the west southwest, at 7 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 HLXFIG. C THE WIND AT HILLSVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 250°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHillsville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HLXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HLX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Hillsville, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Virginia

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