Storm Station
Sign in

Petersburg, Virginia

City in Petersburg city, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Petersburg

Index 68, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Richmond (VA), 18 miles off.

68Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)68Moderate-
  • Ozone38Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)22Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Petersburg

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 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 Petersburg, the next 42 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Sat 8 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Petersburg, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

PetersburgPBGV2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/7 ft/111 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,320of 1,554

Petersburg 2.7 SEVA-PTC-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/165 ft/47 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Petersburg (AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.3 mi from Petersburg, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:15 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 Petersburg (AWOS), 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 PTBFIG. A THE SKY OVER PETERSBURG (AWOS)SECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPetersburg (AWOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PTBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PTB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

74.5 F with a dew point of 60.0 F, 61 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Petersburg (AWOS): temperature 74.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.0, 61 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PTBFIG. B THE AIR AT PETERSBURG (AWOS)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 3,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.6 FTEMPERATURE 74.5 FDEW POINT 60.0 FSPREAD 14.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 61 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 POINTTITLEPetersburg (AWOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PTBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PTB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Petersburg (AWOS), 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 PTBFIG. C THE WIND AT PETERSBURG (AWOS)PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEPetersburg (AWOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PTBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PTB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Petersburg (AWOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

-

Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Petersburg

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

Near Petersburg

River and lake gauges