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Bluefield, West Virginia

City in Mercer County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Bluefield

Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Wythe Co. (VA), 23 miles off.

13Good
  • Ozone13Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, 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 Bluefield

0.36 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.36in
Last 3 days
0.36in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Bluefield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Eads MillsEAMW2

At a river or reservoir gauge/17.5 mi away/2,057 ft/426 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank562of 711

measured daily2 instruments

BluefieldBLFW2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/2,516 ft/33 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Bluefield 0.4 ESEWV-MC-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/2,593 ft/110 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Bluefield/Mercer Co, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.7 mi from Bluefield, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:52 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 6,500 ft, broken at 9,000 ft; the ceiling is 6,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Bluefield/Mercer Co, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 9,000 feet, the ceiling at 6,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BLFFIG. A THE SKY OVER BLUEFIELD/MERCER COSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 9,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 6,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBluefield/Mercer Co, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BLFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BLF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

71.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 79 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Bluefield/Mercer Co: temperature 71.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 79 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BLFFIG. B THE AIR AT BLUEFIELD/MERCER COTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 6,500 FTTEMPERATURE 71.0 FDEW POINT 64.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 79 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 POINTTITLEBluefield/Mercer Co, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BLFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BLF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.

Plan of the wind at Bluefield/Mercer Co, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BLFFIG. C THE WIND AT BLUEFIELD/MERCER COPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBluefield/Mercer Co, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BLFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BLF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Bluefield/Mercer Co, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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