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Madison, West Virginia

City in Boone County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Madison

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Charleston (WV), 22 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good22.5 mi
  • Ozone17Good16 ppb22.5 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Madison

0.21 in in the last 24 hours, 1.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.21in
Last 3 days
1.10in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Sat 5 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Madison, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Ballard ForkBAFW2

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.4 mi away/1,421 ft/552 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank569of 711

Logan6L4

At an airfield/15.2 mi away/1,650 ft/781 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank374of 711

measured daily2 instruments

Madison 1.6 WNWWV-BN-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/698 ft/171 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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MadisonMADW2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.9 mi away/1,250 ft/381 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Logan, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.2 mi from Madison, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,300 ft, broken at 2,500 ft, overcast at 3,400 ft; the ceiling is 2,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Logan, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,400 feet, the ceiling at 2,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 6L4FIG. A THE SKY OVER LOGANSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,300 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELogan, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 6L4TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-6L4-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.2 F with a dew point of 46.4 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Logan: temperature 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.4, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 6L4FIG. B THE AIR AT LOGANTHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 48.2 F, 46.4 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 POINTTITLELogan, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 6L4TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-6L4-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Logan, north up: 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 6L4FIG. C THE WIND AT LOGANPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELogan, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 6L4TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-6L4-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in West Virginia

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

Near Madison

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

Near Madison

River and lake gauges