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Middletown, Virginia

Town in Frederick County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Middletown

Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Winchester (VA), 12 miles off.

48Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)48Good-
  • Ozone24Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)17Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Middletown

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 0.17 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
0.17in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 6 miles Sat 7 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Middletown, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Strasburg 3.7 NVA-SH-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/742 ft/11 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Front RoyalFRRV2

At a cooperative observer's station/9.3 mi away/604 ft/127 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank14of 1,541

Station report

The weather at Front Royal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.8 mi from Middletown, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Front Royal, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRRFIG. A THE SKY OVER FRONT ROYALSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 5,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFront Royal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FRRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FRR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

85.5 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 56 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Front Royal: temperature 85.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 56 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRRFIG. B THE AIR AT FRONT ROYALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 F100 FSATURATES 4,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE 85.5 FDEW POINT 68.0 FSPREAD 17.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 56 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 POINTTITLEFront Royal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FRRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FRR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Front Royal, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FRRFIG. C THE WIND AT FRONT ROYALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFront Royal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FRRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FRR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Front Royal, 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 Middletown

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

Near Middletown

River and lake gauges