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Matoaca, Virginia

Community in Chesterfield County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Matoaca

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Richmond (VA), 17 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Ozone27Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 58, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Matoaca

0.37 in in the last 24 hours, 0.39 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.37in
Last 3 days
0.39in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 11 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Matoaca, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

PetersburgPBGV2

At a cooperative observer's station/3.9 mi away/7 ft/114 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,320of 1,554

Ettrick 5.8 WVA-CS-75

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/183 ft/62 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Petersburg (AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.3 mi from Matoaca, Virginia. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,100 ft, broken at 6,000 ft, overcast at 9,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Petersburg (AWOS), height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, broken cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 9,500 feet, the ceiling at 1,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PTBFIG. A THE SKY OVER PETERSBURG (AWOS)SECTION, 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 FTOVC 9,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 6,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPetersburg (AWOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PTBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PTB-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

56.0 F with a dew point of 53.6 F, 92 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Petersburg (AWOS): temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.6, 92 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PTBFIG. B THE AIR AT PETERSBURG (AWOS)THE 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 F70 FSATURATES 600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 56.0 F, 53.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 92 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 POINTTITLEPetersburg (AWOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PTBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PTB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Petersburg (AWOS), north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 7 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 PTBFIG. C THE WIND AT PETERSBURG (AWOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPetersburg (AWOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PTBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PTB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Petersburg (AWOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Virginia

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Near Matoaca

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