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Gordonsville, Virginia

Town in Orange County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Gordonsville

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Charlottesville (VA), 18 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
  • Ozone14Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 48, good.

Smoke, the next 45 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 Gordonsville

0.11 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.11in
Last 3 days
0.11in

Visibility

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

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 3 AM, under a mile for 6 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Gordonsville, 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 now4 instruments

OrangeORGV2

At a river or reservoir gauge/6.7 mi away/545 ft/64 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Gordonsville 0.3 WNWVA-OR-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/516 ft/35 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

OrangeORGV2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.7 mi away/545 ft/64 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at N Piedmont Arec, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 7.7 mi from Gordonsville, Virginia. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:00 PM local time: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The air

59.5 F with a dew point of 59.2 F, 99 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up.

Chart of the air at N Piedmont Arec: temperature 59.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.2, 99 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S2039FIG. B THE AIR AT N PIEDMONT ARECTHE 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 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.1 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 59.5 F, 59.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 99 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 POINTTITLEN Piedmont Arec, the airSTATION REPORT · SCAN S2039TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S2039-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 520 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.36 inHg and the temperature at 57.1 F; it reports 59.5 F, 2.4 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where N Piedmont Arec stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 520 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.36 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.1 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S2039FIG. D WHERE N PIEDMONT AREC 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 ATMOSPHEREN PIEDMONT AREC2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT520 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 HERE29.36 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.1 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED59.5 FTITLEN Piedmont Arec, the columnSTATION REPORT · SCAN S2039TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S2039-2DRAWN 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 38.23 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 N Piedmont Arec, 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 S2039FIG. E THE SUN AT N PIEDMONT ARECELEVATION 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 38.23 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLEN Piedmont Arec, the sunSTATION REPORT · SCAN S2039TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S2039-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of N Piedmont Arec, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Orange (ORGV2), 6.7 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Gordonsville

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

Near Gordonsville

River and lake gauges