Roanoke, VA 24036 Weather

Roanoke (city) County5:52 PM EDT37.27°N, 79.96°W

Current conditions

Sunny
72°
Sunny
Feels like 72°
High 74°·Low 42°
WindN 2 mph
Humidity27%
Dew point36°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover0%
UV index1 Low
Sunrise7:33 AM
Sunset6:38 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • This Afternoon

    Sunny, with a high near 74. North wind 2 to 6 mph.

  • Tonight

    Clear, with a low around 42. North wind around 3 mph.

  • Wednesday

    Sunny, with a high near 73. North wind around 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 4 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 72°
  2. 6 PM Clear 68°
  3. 7 PM Clear 64°
  4. 8 PM Clear 60°
  5. 9 PM Clear 57°
  6. 10 PM Clear 54°
  7. 11 PM Clear 53°
  8. Wed12 AM Clear 52°
  9. 1 AM Clear 50°
  10. 2 AM Clear 49°
  11. 3 AM Clear 47°
  12. 4 AM Clear 46°
  13. 5 AM Clear 46°
  14. 6 AM Sunny 45°
  15. 7 AM Sunny 45°
  16. 8 AM Sunny 45°
  17. 9 AM Sunny 50°
  18. 10 AM Sunny 55°
  19. 11 AM Sunny 59°
  20. 12 PM Sunny 62°
  21. 1 PM Sunny 65°
  22. 2 PM Sunny 68°
  23. 3 PM Sunny 71°
  24. 4 PM Sunny 72°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 20 Sunny Sunny42°74°
  2. WedOct 21 Sunny Sunny41°73°
  3. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny44°74°
  4. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny40°67°
  5. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny41°65°
  6. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny46°70°
  7. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny50°76°
  8. TueOct 27 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy44°73°
  9. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy52°67°
  10. ThuOct 29 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy50°73°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

38
Good
Ozone

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • TueGood (33)
  • WedGood (22)

Roanoke, VA reporting area · 52 min ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:33 AM
Sunset 6:38 PM
Daylight 11 h 4 min (−2 min 16 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 72% lit
Moonrise 3:43 PM Moonset 1:41 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low69° / 46°
Record high84° (2005)
Record low22° (1972)
Wettest4.02 in (1944)
Yesterday68° / 34°
Month to date5.82 in (normal 1.95 in)

Roanoke Area, records since 1912. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in RNK, issued 11 hrs ago

What Has Changed

Lowered dewpoints Tuesday and Wednesday. Deeper mixing of dry air aloft to the surface is resulting in low humidity.

Temperatures for overnight lows were also lowered to account for clear skies and calm winds at night, which will allow for extremely efficient radiational cooling.

Key Messages

1) Dry and seasonable through early next week.

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1: Dry and seasonable into early next week.

The region is expected to remain under the influence of surface high pressure likely through the end of the weekend, and early next week. With high pressure and mostly clear skies over the region through the next week, temperatures look to moderate to more seasonable values in the 60s and 70s for highs each day, and 30s/40s for lows at night.

Widespread measurable rainfall is not expected through the end of the month.

Aviation

VFR conditions are expected through the TAF period, with north/northeast winds between 5-10 knots. Some gusts of 10-15 knots with an occasional gust up to 20 knots will be possible at LYH and DAN today during the 18-00 UTC timeframe. With a dry airmass in place, fog formation at night will be difficult except for right along river Valleys. Given this uncertainty in fog formation, restrictions have been left out of LWB TAFs for the time being.

OUTLOOK...

VFR through the week. River valley fog may occur; however, with dry air over the region, confidence is low in its formation, and overall impact to terminals such as LWB and BCB.

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