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Tappahannock, Virginia

Town in Essex County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Tappahannock

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Southern Maryland (MD), 32 miles off.

18Good
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Tappahannock

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 9 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Tappahannock, 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

LewisettaNDBC-LWTV2

At a river or reservoir gauge/22.6 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,468of 1,541

measured daily2 instruments

Warsaw 2NWWRWV2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.0 mi away/143 ft/116 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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St Stephens Church 1.1 NEVA-KQ-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.1 mi away/131 ft/104 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Tappahannock, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.5 mi from Tappahannock, Virginia. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Tappahannock: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 93 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT XSAFIG. B THE AIR AT TAPPAHANNOCKTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.3 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 63.0 F, 60.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLETappahannock, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS XSATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-XSA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 135 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.78 inHg and the temperature at 58.5 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.12 inHg means its barometer reads 29.97 inHg; it reports 63.0 F, 4.5 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Tappahannock stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 135 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.78 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.5 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.12 and the station pressure it means, 29.97.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT XSAFIG. D WHERE TAPPAHANNOCK STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERETAPPAHANNOCK0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT135 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.78 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.5 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.12 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.97 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED63.0 FTITLETappahannock, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS XSATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-XSA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 43 degrees above the horizon at 37.86 N, and the day is 11 h 03 min long. Level ground there takes 68 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Tappahannock, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 43 degrees above the horizon, against 76 at the June solstice, 52 at the equinoxes and 29 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 03 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT XSAFIG. E THE SUN AT TAPPAHANNOCKELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 76°EQUINOXES 52°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 29°OCT 16, 43°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 03 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 68 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 37.86 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLETappahannock, the sunSTATION REPORT · ASOS XSATYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-XSA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Tappahannock, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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