East River At Willowton03177120
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.5 mi away/1,584 ft/136 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 3 AM (52%).
Now. Rich Creek is 68° and mostly cloudy at 2 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 78° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 46° by 8 AM, under 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 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (60%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:45 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:47 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Rich Creek, Virginia.
Air quality
Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Giles Co. (VA), 6 miles off.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
0.68 in in the last 24 hours, 0.70 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 8 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Rich Creek, VirginiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Rich Creek, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
East River At Willowton03177120
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.5 mi away/1,584 ft/136 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW8436FW8436
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.1 mi away/1,985 ft/265 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/18.7 mi away/2,106 ft/386 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Rich Creek 2.8 NNWVA-GL-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/2,330 ft/610 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Staffordsville 3 ENESTFV2
At a cooperative observer's station/9.7 mi away/1,873 ft/153 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 18.7 mi from Rich Creek, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
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Snow on the ground
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.