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New Kent, Virginia

Community in New Kent County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at New Kent

Index 63, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Richmond (VA), 23 miles off.

63Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)63Moderate-
  • Ozone43Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)21Good-

The days ahead

Highest 53, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at New Kent

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.01in

Visibility

How far you can see at New Kent, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest New Kent, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

QuintonW96

At an airfield/7.6 mi away/113 ft/17 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank945of 1,541

measured daily2 instruments

West PointWPTV2

At a cooperative observer's station/8.5 mi away/39 ft/57 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank509of 1,541

Station report

The weather at Quinton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.6 mi from New Kent, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Quinton, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W96FIG. A THE SKY OVER QUINTONSECTION, 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 DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEQuinton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS W96TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-W96-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

80.4 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 55 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Quinton: temperature 80.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 55 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W96FIG. B THE AIR AT QUINTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 4,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.0 FTEMPERATURE 80.4 FDEW POINT 63.0 FSPREAD 17.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 55 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 POINTTITLEQuinton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS W96TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-W96-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Quinton, 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 W96FIG. C THE WIND AT QUINTONPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEQuinton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS W96TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-W96-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at West Point (WPTV2), 8.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near New Kent

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

Near New Kent

River and lake gauges