Newport NewsPHF
At an airfield/2.7 mi away/43 ft/13 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Newport News, Virginia
City in Newport News city, Virginia66°
86°/64°
Overcast·
Feels like 66°·Light air 4 mph E
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 1 AM (70%).
Now. Newport News is 66° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the east at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 56° by 8 AM, with some cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. Rain is likely tomorrow (94%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:30 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
37Air quality
87%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
66feels66
14%
Today
Oct 16
8664
70%
14mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6050
94%
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
6047
23%
20mph
Mon
Oct 19
6449
27%
18mph
Tue
Oct 20
6751
17%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
6852
14%
17mph
Thu
Oct 22
6753
15%
14mph
66°
86°64°
60°50°
60°47°
64°49°
67°51°
68°52°
67°53°
As of 12:00 AM in Newport News, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Newport News
Index 37, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 12 miles off.
37Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good-
- Ozone20Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)18Good-
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 56YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Newport News
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Newport News, the next 45 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 8 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Newport News, VirginiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Newport News, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank201of 1,541
Citizen station DW3433DW3433
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.7 mi away/2 ft/28 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Yorktown USCG Training CenterNDBC-YKTV2
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Cape Charles 5 ENE03739
At a climate reference station/34.7 mi away/29 ft/1 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Newport News 1.1 NNEVA-NNC-30
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/33 ft/3 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
WilliamsburgWMBV2
At a cooperative observer's station/18.0 mi away/26 ft/4 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Newport News, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 2.7 mi from Newport News, Virginia. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
Overcast at 1,200 ft; the ceiling is 1,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
66.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 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 1,200 ft.
The wind
From the east (100 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.
The full report of Newport News, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Newport News
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Bethel Manorcommunity, 4 mi
- Poquosoncity, 7 mi
- Hamptoncity, 8 mi
- Yorktowncommunity, 10 mi
- Smithfieldtown, 10 mi
- Carrolltoncommunity, 10 mi
- Rushmerecommunity, 10 mi
- Benns Churchcommunity, 12 mi
- Gloucester Pointcommunity, 13 mi
- Williamsburgcity, 17 mi
- Scotlandcommunity, 17 mi
- Surrytown, 19 mi