Petersburg, Virginia Weather
Fireflies pulse through the magnolias. Day 77 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Petersburg weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 4Overcast——87°53°—
- FridayJun 5Overcast——94°62°+7°
- SaturdayJun 6Overcast——94°63°0°
- SundayJun 7Light Showers35%0.03″94°67°0°
- MondayJun 8Drizzle35%—84°60°-10°
- TuesdayJun 9Mostly Clear——86°55°+2°
- WednesdayJun 10Partly Cloudy11%—87°59°+1°
AQI 28 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI down 13 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning).
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion during the projected peak around 5 PM.
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
- Moonrise
- 3:29 AM
- Moonset
- 1:17 PM
- In sign
- ♑︎ Capricorn
Fireflies pulse through the magnolias
Petersburg at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 23°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- 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 4, 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.