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Wardensville, West Virginia

Town in Hardy County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Wardensville

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Winchester (VA), 20 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
  • Ozone24Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)3Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 33, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 8 AM.

SatSunMon

Precipitation

What has fallen at Wardensville

0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 0.27 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 2 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.07in
Last 3 days
0.27in

Visibility

How far you can see at Wardensville, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 8 AM.

SatSunMon

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Wardensville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Baker 0.9 WNWWV-HY-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.1 mi away/1,439 ft/424 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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RomneyROMW2

At a cooperative observer's station/20.5 mi away/735 ft/280 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank398of 711

Station report

The weather at Grant_County_Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 30.1 mi from Wardensville, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 2:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Grant_County_Airport, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGrant_County_Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS W99TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-W99-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

55.8 F with a dew point of 27.5 F, 34 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Grant_County_Airport: temperature 55.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 27.5, 34 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,400 feet above the station; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 6,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 21.7 FTEMPERATURE 55.8 FDEW POINT 27.5 FSPREAD 28.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 34 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 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-W99-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Grant_County_Airport, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, 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 STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrant_County_Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS W99TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in West Virginia

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

Near Wardensville

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

Near Wardensville

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