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Lancaster, Virginia

Community in Lancaster County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Lancaster

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Southern Maryland (MD), 46 miles off.

17Good
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Lancaster

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Lancaster, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Lancaster, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

LewisettaNDBC-LWTV2

At a river or reservoir gauge/15.9 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,468of 1,541

measured daily2 instruments

Kilmarnock 2.5 NWVA-LN-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/75 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Warsaw 2NWWRWV2

At a cooperative observer's station/22.4 mi away/143 ft/68 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Saluda Hummel Field, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.3 mi from Lancaster, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,300 ft, overcast at 1,800 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Saluda Hummel Field, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W75FIG. A THE SKY OVER SALUDA HUMMEL FIELDSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESaluda Hummel Field, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS W75TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-W75-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

65.5 F with a dew point of 61.5 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Saluda Hummel Field: temperature 65.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.5, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W75FIG. B THE AIR AT SALUDA HUMMEL FIELDTHE 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 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE 65.5 FDEW POINT 61.5 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLESaluda Hummel Field, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS W75TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-W75-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (120 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Saluda Hummel Field, north up: blowing from 120 degrees, the east southeast, at 5 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 W75FIG. C THE WIND AT SALUDA HUMMEL FIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 120°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESaluda Hummel Field, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS W75TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-W75-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Saluda Hummel Field, in 6 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 Lancaster

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

Near Lancaster

River and lake gauges