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Stuarts Draft, Virginia Weather

Solstice approaches — longest light. Day 88 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Stuarts Draft, VA
Monday, June 15 at 5:36 AM
63
°
Clear
Feels like
62°
Humidity
74%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
1:52 AM
Sunset
4:40 PM
Stuarts Draft, VA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastStuarts Draft, VA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 58 to 79 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 58°H 79°
Stuarts Draft, VA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 15
    Overcast
    34%
    79°62°
  2. Tuesday
    Jun 16
    Overcast
    81°56°+2°
  3. Wednesday
    Jun 17
    Overcast
    88°63°+7°
  4. Thursday
    Jun 18
    Light Drizzle
    26%
    0.01″
    92°67°+4°
  5. Friday
    Jun 19
    Light Drizzle
    50%
    85°61°-7°
  6. Saturday
    Jun 20
    Overcast
    81°53°-4°
  7. Sunday
    Jun 21
    Light Drizzle
    10%
    0.01″
    89°59°+8°
Stuarts Draft, VA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WNW
293° · backing 46°
Direction
WNW
293°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
23
mph
Peak 24h
25
avg 7
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 7 · pk 25 @ 4:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 225SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 46° from the wnw.
Stuarts Draft, VA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
960.2
+0.8 mb in 3h · rising · 28.35 inHg
Now
960.2
mb
3h
+0.8
mb
12h
-0.4
mb
24h
-3.1
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 958965
950955960965970-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW964.7957.9960.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Stuarts Draft, VA
Air quality
33
AQI
Good
-11 in 6hPeak ~39 @ 4 PM

AQI 33 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI down 11 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). Ozone at AQI 36 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 16 around 1 PM.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion during the projected peak around 4 PM.

PM 2.5Good
0.6μg/m³
PM 10Good
1μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
77μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 36 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 16 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 36
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 16
Stuarts Draft, VA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
48.9mi
UNLIMITED
88 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
09:36 UTC · Stuarts Draft, VA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
09:36 UTC · Stuarts Draft, VA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Stuarts Draft, VA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Stuarts Draft, VA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Stuarts Draft, VA
Almanac · Monday, June 15
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
5:22 AM
Sunrise
1:52 AM
Daylight
14h 48m
Sunset
4:40 PM
Civil dusk
9:13 PM
Planting note
Stake and prune tomato suckers. Watch for squash vine borers.
Stuarts Draft, VA
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
5:55 AM
Moonset
8:53 PM
In sign
♊︎ Gemini
Stuarts Draft, VA
Microseason
Jun 11–15

Solstice approaches — longest light

cultural
Jan 145% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Stuarts Draft at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 14°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 4 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 11–15
  • Planting window: Stake and prune tomato suckers. Watch for squash vine borers.

15-Day Forecast — Stuarts Draft

  1. Mon78°62°34%
  2. Tue81°56°2%
  3. Wed88°63°3%
  4. Thu92°67°26%
  5. Fri85°61°50%
  6. Sat81°53°8%
  7. Sun89°59°10%
  8. Mon81°60°39%
  9. Tue75°58°36%
  10. Wed77°58°22%
  11. Thu86°60°23%
  12. Fri82°66°30%
  13. Sat94°63°24%
  14. Sun95°62°27%
  15. Mon101°71°29%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 15, 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 Stuarts Draft

  • 24477

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.