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Wakefield, Virginia

Community in Fairfax County, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Wakefield

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Northern Virginia (VA), 13 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone22Good12 ppb21.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)4Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Wakefield

0.24 in in the last 24 hours, 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.24in
Last 3 days
0.26in

Visibility

How far you can see at Wakefield, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 2 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Wakefield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Annandale 2.1 SWVA-FX-143

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/269 ft/47 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Dunn LoringDNLV2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.5 mi away/489 ft/173 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,553of 1,554

Station report

The weather at Fort Belvoir/Daviso, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.2 mi from Wakefield, Virginia. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 7:19 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Belvoir/Daviso, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DAAFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT BELVOIR/DAVISOSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 4,100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Belvoir/Daviso, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DAATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-DAA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

55.4 F with a dew point of 51.8 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Fort Belvoir/Daviso: temperature 55.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.8, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DAAFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT BELVOIR/DAVISOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,100 FTTEMPERATURE 55.4 FDEW POINT 51.8 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLEFort Belvoir/Daviso, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DAATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-DAA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Fort Belvoir/Daviso, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 5 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 DAAFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT BELVOIR/DAVISOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Belvoir/Daviso, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DAATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-DAA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Belvoir/Daviso, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Dunn Loring (DNLV2), 5.5 miles from here, read 17 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Virginia

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

Near Wakefield

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

Near Wakefield

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