Storm Station
Chincoteague, Virginia
59° 62°/58°
Light drizzle· Feels like 59°·Gentle breeze 13 mph NW
Rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Northwest wind around 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
0UV Low
-Air quality
87%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
2:45 AM
59feels59
26%
13mph
now, drizzle light
Today
Sep 27
6258
74%
13mph
drizzle dense
Mon
Sep 28
7063
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
7464
overcast
Wed
Sep 30
7663
overcast
Thu
Oct 1
8365
13mph
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
8466
11%
13mph
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
6560
16%
14mph
overcast
59°
62°58°
70°63°
74°64°
76°63°
83°65°
84°66°
65°60°

As of 2:45 AM in Chincoteague, Virginia.

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Chincoteague, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

Wallops Island STNWAL

At an airfield/5.0 mi away/135 ft/133 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank690of 732

measured daily2 instruments

Chincoteague 1.7 SSWVA-AC-28

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/3 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

PainterPAIV2

At a cooperative observer's station/34.1 mi away/26 ft/24 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Wallops Island STN, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.0 mi from Chincoteague. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,700 ft; the ceiling is 3,700 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Wallops Island STN, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,700 feet, the ceiling at 3,700 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WALFIG. A THE SKY OVER WALLOPS ISLAND STNSECTION, 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 3,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLEWallops Island STN, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS WALTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-WAL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 56.0 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 3,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Wallops Island STN: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.0, 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 3,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WALFIG. B THE AIR AT WALLOPS ISLAND STNTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.0 F, 56.0 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 POINTTITLEWallops Island STN, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS WALTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-WAL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Wallops Island STN, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WALFIG. C THE WIND AT WALLOPS ISLAND STNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWallops Island STN, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS WALTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-WAL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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