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Aurora, West Virginia

Community in Preston County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Aurora

Index 8, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Morgantown (WV), 30 miles off.

8Good
  • Ozone8Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 45 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 Aurora

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.89 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.89in

Visibility

How far you can see at Aurora, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 mile Fri 4 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Aurora, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

KingwoodKGWW2

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.7 mi away/1,850 ft/774 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank197of 711

Elkins 21 ENE03733

At a climate reference station/22.3 mi away/3,390 ft/766 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank374of 711

measured daily2 instruments

Aurora 1.2 SEWV-PR-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/2,810 ft/186 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

BayardBAYW2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.8 mi away/2,461 ft/163 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank709of 711

Station report

The weather at Morgantown/Hart Fld, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 29.3 mi from Aurora, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:03 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 900 ft, scattered at 1,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Morgantown/Hart Fld, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 900 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGWFIG. A THE SKY OVER MORGANTOWN/HART FLDSECTION, 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 SHEETSCT 1,700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 900 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMorgantown/Hart Fld, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MGWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 67.0 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 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Morgantown/Hart Fld: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.0, 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGWFIG. B THE AIR AT MORGANTOWN/HART FLDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 69.0 F, 67.0 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 POINTTITLEMorgantown/Hart Fld, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MGWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Morgantown/Hart Fld, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 6 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 MGWFIG. C THE WIND AT MORGANTOWN/HART FLDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMorgantown/Hart Fld, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MGWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Morgantown/Hart Fld, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Bayard (BAYW2), 10.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in West Virginia

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

Near Aurora

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

Near Aurora

River and lake gauges