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Moorefield, West Virginia

Town in Hardy County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Moorefield

Index 10, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Western Maryland (MD), 39 miles off.

10Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone10Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Moorefield

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 0.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
0.30in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 7 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Moorefield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

HuckHUKW2

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.3 mi away/2,736 ft/1,913 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank551of 711

Elkins 21 ENE03733

At a climate reference station/27.3 mi away/3,390 ft/2,567 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank374of 711

measured daily2 instruments

Rig 0.4 NWWV-HY-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/1,115 ft/292 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank51of 711

PetersburgPETW2

At a cooperative observer's station/9.9 mi away/994 ft/171 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank54of 711

Station report

The weather at Grant_County_Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.7 mi from Moorefield, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 500 ft; the ceiling is 500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Grant_County_Airport, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 500 feet, the ceiling at 500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W99FIG. A THE SKY OVER GRANT_COUNTY_AIRPORTSECTION, 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 500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGrant_County_Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS W99TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-W99-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.3 F with a dew point of 58.3 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 500 ft.

Chart of the air at Grant_County_Airport: temperature 58.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 58.3, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W99FIG. B THE AIR AT GRANT_COUNTY_AIRPORTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.3 F, 58.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEGrant_County_Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS W99TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-W99-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Grant_County_Airport, 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 W99FIG. C THE WIND AT GRANT_COUNTY_AIRPORTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEGrant_County_Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS W99TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-W99-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Petersburg (PETW2), 9.9 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 Moorefield

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

Near Moorefield

River and lake gauges