Citizen station FW2288FW2288
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/2,740 ft/629 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Special Weather Statement, in full
Alert. A Special Weather Statement is in force for Ivanhoe until 8 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 6 AM (68%).
Now. Ivanhoe is 65° and fog at 5 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 76° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 8 AM, with some cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (81%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:46 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:49 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Ivanhoe, Virginia.
Air quality
Index 7, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Wythe Co. (VA), 10 miles off.
Yesterday measured 34, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 3 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Ivanhoe, VirginiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Ivanhoe, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station FW2288FW2288
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/2,740 ft/629 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
HillsvilleHLX
At an airfield/9.7 mi away/2,736 ft/625 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
New River Near Galax03164000
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.6 mi away/2,207 ft/96 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Galax 6.1 NVA-CR-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.8 mi away/2,531 ft/420 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Wytheville 1 SWYTV2
At a cooperative observer's station/9.2 mi away/2,195 ft/84 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 9.7 mi from Ivanhoe, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 300 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 1/4 mi.
64.4 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 300 ft.
From the southwest (230 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.
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
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.