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Idamay, West Virginia

Community in Marion County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Idamay

Index 8, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Morgantown (WV), 21 miles off.

8Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-22.2 mi
  • Ozone8Good6 ppb20.8 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 46 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 Idamay

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.89 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.89in

Visibility

How far you can see at Idamay, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Idamay, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Farmington 2.4 SSWWV-MA-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/1,275 ft/68 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

FairmontFRTW2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.9 mi away/1,217 ft/10 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank55of 711

Station report

The weather at Clarksburg/Benedum, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.9 mi from Idamay, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Clarksburg/Benedum, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CKBFIG. A THE SKY OVER CLARKSBURG/BENEDUMSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 1,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEClarksburg/Benedum, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CKBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CKB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

70.0 F with a dew point of 68.0 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 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Clarksburg/Benedum: temperature 70.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 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 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CKBFIG. B THE AIR AT CLARKSBURG/BENEDUMTHE 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 67.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 70.0 F, 68.0 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 POINTTITLEClarksburg/Benedum, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CKBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CKB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, 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.

Plan of the wind at Clarksburg/Benedum, 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 CKBFIG. C THE WIND AT CLARKSBURG/BENEDUMPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEClarksburg/Benedum, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CKBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CKB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in West Virginia

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