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Riverdale, Virginia

Community in Halifax County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Riverdale

Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Person County (NC), 21 miles off.

30Good
  • Ozone30Good-

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 50, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Riverdale

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Riverdale, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 6 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Riverdale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

South BostonSOBV2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.0 mi away/351 ft/53 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank9of 1,541

South Boston 0.6 SSWVA-HL-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/367 ft/37 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at South Boston, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.8 mi from Riverdale, Virginia. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over South Boston, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W78FIG. A THE SKY OVER SOUTH BOSTONSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 1,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESouth Boston, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS W78TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-W78-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 63.5 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,100 ft.

Chart of the air at South Boston: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.5, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W78FIG. B THE AIR AT SOUTH BOSTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,100 FTTEMPERATURE 69.0 FDEW POINT 63.5 FSPREAD 5.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLESouth Boston, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS W78TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-W78-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (120 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at South Boston, north up: blowing from 120 degrees, the east southeast, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W78FIG. C THE WIND AT SOUTH BOSTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 120°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESouth Boston, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS W78TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-W78-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of South Boston, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at South Boston (SOBV2), 1.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Riverdale

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

Near Riverdale

River and lake gauges