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Century, West Virginia

Community in Barbour County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Century

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Morgantown (WV), 41 miles off.

16Good
  • Ozone16Good-

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 Century

None in the last 24 hours; 0.70 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.70in

Visibility

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

Fog: visibility falls to 0.9 miles Fri 3 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Century, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

BuckhannonW22

At an airfield/8.3 mi away/1,634 ft/21 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

Elkins 21 ENE03733

At a climate reference station/39.0 mi away/3,390 ft/1,777 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank374of 711

measured daily2 instruments

Buckhannon 5.8 NNEWV-UP-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/1,417 ft/196 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

BuckhannonBKNW2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/1,427 ft/186 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank28of 711

Station report

The weather at Citizen station GW5279, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 12.1 mi from Century, West Virginia. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station GW5279, 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 GW5279FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION GW5279PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECitizen station GW5279, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW5279TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW5279-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,081 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.77 inHg and the temperature at 55.1 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.04 inHg means its barometer reads 28.88 inHg; it reports 68.0 F, 12.9 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station GW5279 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,081 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.77 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.1 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.04 and the station pressure it means, 28.88.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW5279FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION GW5279 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION GW52794 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,081 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 HERE28.77 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.1 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.04 inHgITS BAROMETER READS28.88 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED68.0 FTITLECitizen station GW5279, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW5279TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW5279-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 42 degrees above the horizon at 39.26 N, and the day is 10 h 60 min long. Level ground there takes 66 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station GW5279, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 42 degrees above the horizon, against 74 at the June solstice, 51 at the equinoxes and 27 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 60 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW5279FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION GW5279ELEVATION 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 74°EQUINOXES 51°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 27°OCT 16, 42°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 60 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 66 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 39.26 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station GW5279, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW5279TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW5279-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station GW5279, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Buckhannon (BKNW2), 6.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in West Virginia

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

Near Century

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

Near Century

River and lake gauges