Galax, VA Weather

City of Galax County8:14 AM EDT36.66°N, 80.92°WElevation 2,372 ft

Current conditions

Clear
43°
Clear
Feels like 43°
High 64°·Low 38°
WindCalm
Humidity70%
Dew point34°
Pressure30.27 inHg
Visibility10.0 mi
Cloud cover0%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:39 AM
Sunset6:38 PM

Observed at Hillsville · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Friday

    Sunny, with a high near 64. North wind around 6 mph.

  • Friday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 38. East wind 1 to 5 mph.

  • Saturday

    Sunny, with a high near 61. East wind around 3 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 12 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 37°
  2. 9 AM Sunny 42°
  3. 10 AM Sunny 47°
  4. 11 AM Sunny 52°
  5. 12 PM Sunny 55°
  6. 1 PM Sunny 58°
  7. 2 PM Sunny 60°
  8. 3 PM Sunny 62°
  9. 4 PM Sunny 63°
  10. 5 PM Sunny 62°
  11. 6 PM Clear 59°
  12. 7 PM Clear 56°
  13. 8 PM Mostly Clear 53°
  14. 9 PM Mostly Clear 51°
  15. 10 PM Mostly Clear 50°
  16. 11 PM Mostly Clear 48°
  17. Sat12 AM Mostly Clear 46°
  18. 1 AM Mostly Clear 46°
  19. 2 AM Clear 44°
  20. 3 AM Mostly Clear 44°
  21. 4 AM Mostly Clear 43°
  22. 5 AM Mostly Clear 42°
  23. 6 AM Sunny 41°
  24. 7 AM Mostly Sunny 39°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 22 Clear Clear35°
  2. TodayOct 23 Sunny Sunny38°64°
  3. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny36°61°
  4. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny36°60°
  5. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny39°66°
  6. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny43°66°
  7. WedOct 28 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny43°63°
  8. ThuOct 29 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny65°
  9. FriOct 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy46°68°
  10. SatOct 31 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny48°65°

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

Forecast

  • FriGood (42)
  • SatGood (38)
  • SunGood (35)

Alleghany County, NC reporting area. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:39 AM
Sunset 6:38 PM
Daylight 10 h 59 min (−2 min 11 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 91% lit
Moonrise 5:01 PM Moonset 4:52 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low64° / 39°
Month to date5.25 in (normal 3.09 in)

Galax Water Plant, records since 1907. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in RNK, issued 1 hr ago

What Has Changed

Aviation updated.

Models continue to have problems with forecasting dewpoints, especially during the afternoon, which impacts the RH forecast. Continue to lower them. Low temperatures were also lowered as wedging developing over the region starting tonight, will start to advect cooler air from the Northeast down into the Mid- Atlantic states.

Key Messages

1) Dry with seasonable temperatures through middle of next week.

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1:Dry with seasonable temperatures through middle of next week.

The region will continue to remain under the influence of surface high pressure through the middle of 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. Overnight temperatures were lowered some as surface wedging looks to develop tonight across the region. This will help advect cooler air from the Northeast into the Mid- Atlantic states over the next several days as high pressure remains quasi-stationary across the Northeast.

At this time, no precipitation is expected through at least the end of next week, and is not looking likely for the remainder of the month.

Aviation

VFR conditions are expected through the TAF period. There is some CAM guidance showing low clouds develop over mountain terminals to include BCB, LWB, and BLF early Saturday morning starting around 10 UTC, but confidence is low at this time to include restrictions on those terminals at this time due to the possibility of lower coverage. Winds look to continue to remain out of the northeast through the TAF period at around 5-10 knots, with gusts up to 15 knots through the 15-00 UTC timeframe today.

EXTENDED OUTLOOK...

VFR conditions likely to continue into next week. Any fog should be limited to over bodies of water, and not foreseeing any issues at the TAF sites.

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