Blackwater River 1 SW Franklin at US Highway 58/258FKLV2
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.2 mi away/10 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 4 AM (75%).
Now. Southampton Meadows is 65° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 55° by 8 AM, with some cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. Rain is likely tomorrow (89%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:30 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:33 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. The day is 11 hours 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in Southampton Meadows, Virginia.
Air quality
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Northampton County (NC), 29 miles off.
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 8 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Southampton Meadows, VirginiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Southampton Meadows, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.5 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Blackwater River 1 SW Franklin at US Highway 58/258FKLV2
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.2 mi away/10 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/7.5 mi away/39 ft/19 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station EW5804EW5804
In a volunteer observer's own ground/29.5 mi away/70 ft/50 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Suffolk 16.1 SWVA-SFC-41
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/19 ft/1 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SuffolkSUFV2
At a cooperative observer's station/20.8 mi away/46 ft/26 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 7.5 mi from Southampton Meadows, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 400 ft; the ceiling is 400 ft; visibility 4 mi.
64.6 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 93 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 400 ft.
Calm.
The full report of Franklin/J B Rose, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Suffolk (SUFV2), 20.8 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. 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.