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Madison, Virginia

Town in Madison County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Madison

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Charlottesville (VA), 27 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Madison

0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 0.31 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.07in
Last 3 days
0.31in

Visibility

How far you can see at Madison, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 2 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Madison, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

SomersetSOMV2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.1 mi away/397 ft/214 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank182of 1,554

Station report

The weather at Orange/Orange Co, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.8 mi from Madison, Virginia. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Orange/Orange Co, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OMHFIG. A THE SKY OVER ORANGE/ORANGE COSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOrange/Orange Co, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OMHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-OMH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Orange/Orange Co: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OMHFIG. B THE AIR AT ORANGE/ORANGE COTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.5 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 51.8 F, 50.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEOrange/Orange Co, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OMHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-OMH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Orange/Orange Co, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OMHFIG. C THE WIND AT ORANGE/ORANGE COPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOrange/Orange Co, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OMHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-OMH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Orange/Orange Co, 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 Madison

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

Near Madison

River and lake gauges