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Lafayette, Virginia

Community in Montgomery County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Lafayette

Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Roanoke (VA), 23 miles off.

30Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)30Good17.7 mi
  • Ozone9Good9 ppb17.7 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide2Good2.7 ppb17.7 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb17.7 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm17.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, 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 Lafayette

0.09 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
0.09in
Last 3 days
0.09in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Lafayette, 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 now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Elliston-Lafayette 1.0 NVA-MN-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/1,232 ft/44 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Copper HillCOHV2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.7 mi away/2,543 ft/1,267 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank75of 1,541

Station report

The weather at Virginia Tech Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.3 mi from Lafayette, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,100 ft, scattered at 4,900 ft, broken at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 10,000 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Virginia Tech Arpt, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,100 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 4,900 feet, broken cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 10,000 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BCBFIG. A THE SKY OVER VIRGINIA TECH ARPTSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 10,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,900 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 10,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLEVirginia Tech Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BCBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BCB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

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 4,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Virginia Tech Arpt: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BCBFIG. B THE AIR AT VIRGINIA TECH ARPTTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.4 F, 64.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEVirginia Tech Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BCBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BCB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Virginia Tech Arpt, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BCBFIG. C THE WIND AT VIRGINIA TECH ARPTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEVirginia Tech Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BCBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BCB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Copper Hill (COHV2), 10.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 05:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Lafayette

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

Near Lafayette

River and lake gauges