Stuarts Draft, VA Weather

Augusta County1:27 PM EDT38.03°N, 79.03°WElevation 1,421 ft

Current conditions

Sunny
59°
Sunny
Feels like 59°
High 61°·Low 33°
WindNE 7 mph gusts 13 mph
Humidity51%
Dew point41°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover11%
UV index5 Moderate
Sunrise7:33 AM
Sunset6:29 PM

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

Forecast

10-day

  • Today

    Sunny, with a high near 61. North wind 1 to 7 mph.

  • Tonight

    Patchy fog after 11pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 33. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Saturday

    Patchy fog before 10am. Sunny, with a high near 59. East wind 0 to 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 7 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 59°
  2. 2 PM Sunny 61°
  3. 3 PM Sunny 61°
  4. 4 PM Sunny 61°
  5. 5 PM Sunny 61°
  6. 6 PM Mostly Clear 59°
  7. 7 PM Mostly Clear 52°
  8. 8 PM Mostly Clear 48°
  9. 9 PM Mostly Clear 44°
  10. 10 PM Mostly Clear 42°
  11. 11 PM Patchy Fog 39°
  12. Sat12 AM Patchy Fog 38°
  13. 1 AM Patchy Fog 37°
  14. 2 AM Patchy Fog 35°
  15. 3 AM Patchy Fog 34°
  16. 4 AM Patchy Fog 34°
  17. 5 AM Patchy Fog 33°
  18. 6 AM Patchy Fog 33°
  19. 7 AM Patchy Fog 33°
  20. 8 AM Patchy Fog 33°
  21. 9 AM Patchy Fog 38°
  22. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 45°
  23. 11 AM Sunny 49°
  24. 12 PM Sunny 53°

Daily forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 23 Sunny Sunny33°61°
  2. SatOct 24 Patchy Fog then Sunny Patchy Fog then Sunny31°59°
  3. SunOct 25 Patchy Fog then Sunny Patchy Fog then Sunny35°63°
  4. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny42°68°
  5. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny42°66°
  6. WedOct 28 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny42°61°
  7. ThuOct 29 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny44°66°
  8. FriOct 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy50°72°
  9. SatOct 31 Cloudy Cloudy49°64°

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

25
Good
Ozone

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

Charlottesville, VA reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:33 AM
Sunset 6:29 PM
Daylight 10 h 55 min (−2 min 17 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 93% lit
Moonrise 4:53 PM Moonset 4:44 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low64° / 42°
Record high85° (1947)
Record low21° (1982)
Wettest2.47 in (1900)
Month to date4.44 in (normal 1.94 in)

Staunton Water Treatment Plant, records since 1893. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in LWX, issued 3 hrs ago

What Has Changed

Sky forecasts will be updated to account for thin stratocumulus developing.

Key Messages

- 1) Frost or freezing temperatures are possible in many areas tonight and again Saturday night.

- 2) Dry and seasonable conditions are likely to continue through much of next week.

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1...Frost or freezing temperatures are possible in many areas tonight and again Saturday night.

With a large area of Canadian high pressure building overhead the next 24 to 48 hours, conditions will likely become favorable for radiational cooling (light to calm winds, mainly clear skies and a cool background airmass). The coldest conditions are expected through early Sunday morning, with some moderation in temperatures thereafter.

The growing season for 2026 has ended along and west of the Blue Ridge and Catoctin Mountains, but continues east of there. Any headlines for frost/freeze conditions will only be issued where the growing season remains active.

For tonight, temperatures look to fall into the mid 30s for many areas west of I-95, perhaps even into interior/rural southern MD. The typically colder spots of northern/north-central MD and the central VA piedmont could at least briefly come close to freezing. Will see what the latest guidance and trends have later this morning before making any headline decisions.

For Saturday night, more widespread cold (possible frost/freeze) conditions are apparent as high pressure settles more directly overhead. This would bring the frost/freeze threat for most areas outside the major urban centers and immediate shore of the Chesapeake Bay. If the colder temperature guidance verifies, then the growing season may end for all areas west I-95 come early Sunday morning.

Relied on a blend of MOS guidance and NBM 10th percentile for low temperatures the next couple of nights, even undercutting by a couple degrees in the typically colder locales.

Aviation

VFR conditions are expected to prevail through early next week. There are some hints that a slight uptick in low-level moisture could lead to some patchy fog or low clouds mainly during the early morning hours by later in the weekend, though confidence in timing and extent of sub-VFR is low at this time.

N winds with a few gusts to around 15 kts are expected just after daybreak until roughly 15Z, becoming NE this afternoon. Winds will be light to calm tonight. A more E flow is likely Saturday, with light to calm winds again Saturday night. Wind direction may be a bit variable, ranging from SE to NE as high pressure passes directly overhead Sunday. Light SE winds early Monday become NW by midday Monday, then N with a few gusts possible Tuesday as a backdoor cold front drops through.

It is possible that the first near-freezing temperatures of the season are observed particularly early Sunday morning for sites like CHO, IAD and BWI.

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