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Dupont City, West Virginia

Community in Kanawha County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Dupont City

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Charleston (WV), 6 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good6 mi
  • Ozone18Good18 ppb6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Dupont City

0.47 in in the last 24 hours, 1.40 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.47in
Last 3 days
1.40in

Visibility

How far you can see at Dupont City, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 2 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Dupont City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Belle 2.7 NNWWV-KN-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/613 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

RLX WeatherRLXW2

At a cooperative observer's station/8.9 mi away/994 ft/389 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank33of 711

Station report

The weather at Charleston/Kanawha, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.9 mi from Dupont City, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 6:42 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,800 ft, broken at 6,500 ft, broken at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 6,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Charleston/Kanawha, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, broken cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 6,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CRWFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHARLESTON/KANAWHASECTION, 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 10,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 6,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,800 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECharleston/Kanawha, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CRWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CRW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 45.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Charleston/Kanawha: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CRWFIG. B THE AIR AT CHARLESTON/KANAWHATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE 48.0 FDEW POINT 45.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLECharleston/Kanawha, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CRWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CRW-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 10 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Charleston/Kanawha, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CRWFIG. C THE WIND AT CHARLESTON/KANAWHAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECharleston/Kanawha, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CRWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CRW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Charleston/Kanawha, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at RLX Weather (RLXW2), 8.9 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in West Virginia

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

Near Dupont City

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

Near Dupont City

River and lake gauges