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Stanley, Virginia

Town in Page County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Stanley

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Shenandoah National Park (VA), 6 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good5.7 mi
  • Ozone24Good26 ppb5.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-18.2 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide5Good5.7 ppb18.2 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb18.2 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Stanley

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.37 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.37in

Visibility

How far you can see at Stanley, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Stanley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

LurayLUA

At an airfield/6.1 mi away/902 ft/156 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,021of 1,541

measured daily2 instruments

Stanley 0.5 SSWVA-PG-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/1,110 ft/52 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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LurayLRYV2

At a cooperative observer's station/8.9 mi away/1,316 ft/258 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Luray, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.1 mi from Stanley, Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,900 ft; the ceiling is 1,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Luray, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, the ceiling at 1,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LUAFIG. A THE SKY OVER LURAYSECTION, 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 1,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELuray, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LUATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LUA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.8 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Luray: temperature 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LUAFIG. B THE AIR AT LURAYTHE 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 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.8 F, 59.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLELuray, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LUATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LUA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Luray, 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 LUAFIG. C THE WIND AT LURAYPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLELuray, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LUATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LUA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Stanley

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

Near Stanley

River and lake gauges