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Petersburg, Virginia Weather

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias. Day 76 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Petersburg weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Petersburg, VA
Wednesday, June 3 at 11:51 PM
76
°
Clear
Feels like
73°
Humidity
31%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
5:50 AM
Sunset
8:25 PM
Petersburg, VA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastPetersburg, VA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 58 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 58°H 87°
Petersburg, VA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Clear
    82°50°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    87°58°+5°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    90°63°+3°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    92°64°+2°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Showers
    33%
    0.47″
    90°67°-2°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    33%
    78°54°-12°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Mostly Clear
    15%
    80°49°+2°
Petersburg, VA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ENE
063° · veering 108°
Direction
ENE
063°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
9
mph
Peak 24h
16
avg 5
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 5 · pk 16 @ 12:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 163SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 108° from the ene.
Petersburg, VA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1014.4
+1.5 mb in 3h · rising · 29.96 inHg
Now
1014.4
mb
3h
+1.5
mb
12h
-2.1
mb
24h
-0.9
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10141018
1010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1018.11014.51016.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair and building — a clean high settles over the region.
Petersburg, VA
Air quality
67
AQI
Hazardous
+28 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 500 now. AQI up 28 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. With UV 0.2 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 120 by mid-afternoon.

AVOID OUTDOORS Avoid outdoor exertion. Keep windows closed; use HEPA filtration indoors if available.

PM 2.5Good
2.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
3μg/m³
NO₂Good
4μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
106μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 500 now. With UV 0.2 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 120 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 500
UV peak
0.2 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 120
Petersburg, VA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
125.2mi
UNLIMITED
163 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
23:51 UTC ·Petersburg, VA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
23:51 UTC ·Petersburg, VA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Petersburg, VA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Petersburg, VA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Petersburg, VA
Almanac · Wednesday, June 3
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
9:21 AM
Sunrise
5:50 AM
Daylight
14h 35m
Sunset
8:25 PM
Civil dusk
12:57 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Petersburg, VA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
88% illuminated
Moonrise
2:50 AM
Moonset
12:15 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Petersburg, VA
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

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Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Petersburg at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 76°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: March 30 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 3, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in Petersburg

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.