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Orange, Virginia

Town in Orange County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Orange

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Charlottesville (VA), 25 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone9Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Orange

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.24 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.24in

Visibility

How far you can see at Orange, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Orange, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

OrangeORGV2

At a cooperative observer's station/2.3 mi away/545 ft/2 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Orange 3.1 EVA-OR-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/468 ft/79 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at N Piedmont Arec Scan, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 1.1 mi from Orange, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:00 AM local time: 3 of its 3 sheets.

The column

At 520 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.36 inHg and the temperature at 57.1 F; it reports 59.5 F, 2.4 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where N Piedmont Arec Scan stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 520 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.36 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.1 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NPAV2FIG. D WHERE N PIEDMONT AREC SCAN STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREN PIEDMONT AREC SCAN2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT520 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.36 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.1 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED59.5 FTITLEN Piedmont Arec Scan, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP NPAV2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NPAV2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 43 degrees above the horizon at 38.23 N, and the day is 11 h 02 min long. Level ground there takes 68 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at N Piedmont Arec Scan, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 43 degrees above the horizon, against 75 at the June solstice, 52 at the equinoxes and 28 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 02 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NPAV2FIG. E THE SUN AT N PIEDMONT AREC SCANELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 75°EQUINOXES 52°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 28°OCT 16, 43°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 02 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 68 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 38.23 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLEN Piedmont Arec Scan, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP NPAV2TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NPAV2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The instrument

A data collection platform, 520 ft above sea level. Its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:00 AM local time is written on the sensors that made it.

Elevation of a data collection platform, N Piedmont Arec Scan, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: antenna, sending by satellite, last heard oct 16, 2026, 3:00 am local time; air temperature, 59.5 f.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NPAV2FIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF A DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READ, OCT 16, 2026, 3:00 AM LOCAL TIMEANTENNA, SENDING BY SATELLITELAST HEARD OCT 16, 2026, 3:00 AM LOCAL TIMEAIR TEMPERATURE59.5 FPRECIPITATION GAUGE-SCHEMATIC; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOT TO SCALETITLEN Piedmont Arec Scan, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · DCP NPAV2TYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NPAV2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

The full report of N Piedmont Arec Scan, in 3 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Orange (ORGV2), 2.3 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Orange

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

Near Orange

River and lake gauges