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Saluda, Virginia

Community in Middlesex County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Saluda

Index 41, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Richmond (VA), 46 miles off.

41Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)41Good-
  • Ozone17Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Saluda

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Saluda, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 5 miles Sat 9 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Saluda, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Locust Hill 1.0 NEVA-MX-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/28 ft/29 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

West PointWPTV2

At a cooperative observer's station/14.8 mi away/39 ft/18 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank509of 1,541

Station report

The weather at Saluda Hummel Field, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.0 mi from Saluda, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 600 ft; the ceiling is 600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Saluda Hummel Field, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 600 feet, the ceiling at 600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W75FIG. A THE SKY OVER SALUDA HUMMEL FIELDSECTION, 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 600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESaluda Hummel Field, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS W75TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-W75-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

66.0 F with a dew point of 63.7 F, 92 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Saluda Hummel Field: temperature 66.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.7, 92 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W75FIG. B THE AIR AT SALUDA HUMMEL FIELDTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 66.0 F, 63.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 92 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 POINTTITLESaluda Hummel Field, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS W75TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-W75-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (250 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Saluda Hummel Field, north up: blowing from 250 degrees, the west southwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W75FIG. C THE WIND AT SALUDA HUMMEL FIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 250°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESaluda Hummel Field, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS W75TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-W75-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at West Point (WPTV2), 14.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

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