Citizen station FW8813FW8813
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/1,198 ft/85 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Now. Patrick Springs is 69° and overcast at 11 PM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 61° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 62): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 81°, and the coolest Saturday, near 56°. Rain is possible Saturday (46%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Patrick Springs, Virginia.
Air quality
Index 62, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Forsyth County-Winston-Salem-Greensboro-High Point (NC), 41 miles off.
Highest 67, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 mile Fri 2 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Patrick Springs, VirginiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Patrick Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station FW8813FW8813
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/1,198 ft/85 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.6 mi away/1,127 ft/156 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Reynolds HomesteadS2089
At a soil climate station/3.6 mi away/1,127 ft/156 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
MartinsvilleMTV
At an airfield/10.3 mi away/942 ft/341 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Stuart 4.0 ESEVA-PR-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/1,214 ft/69 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
StuartSTUV2
At a cooperative observer's station/2.9 mi away/1,276 ft/7 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 10.3 mi from Patrick Springs, Virginia. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 1,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
69.8 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 88 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 1,000 ft.
Calm.
The full report of Martinsville, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Stuart (STUV2), 2.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.