Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia Weather
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Gloucester Courthouse weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 5Light Rain12%0.07″96°75°—
- MondayJul 6Light Showers77%—95°74°-1°
- TuesdayJul 7T-storm w/ Hail73%1.7″94°72°-1°
- WednesdayJul 8Light Drizzle53%0.01″80°70°-14°
- ThursdayJul 9Partly Cloudy22%—96°69°+16°
- FridayJul 10Light Drizzle31%—101°74°+5°
- SaturdayJul 11Drizzle46%—85°71°-16°
AQI 122 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 48 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM2.5 at 18.2 µg/m³ (AQI 68) with a 0.91 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
CAUTION Sensitive groups (children, elderly, respiratory conditions) should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 46. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~90%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.
- Present
- AQI 46
- UV peak
- 3.3 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- overcast
- Projected peak
- AQI 10
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 18.2 µg/m³ (AQI 68) with a 0.91 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.91
- Wind
- calm
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
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).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 11:21 PM
- Moonset
- 11:16 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon
Gloucester Courthouse at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 5°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 31 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
15-Day Forecast — Gloucester Courthouse
- Sun96°75°12%
- Mon95°74°77%
- Tue94°72°73%
- Wed80°70°53%
- Thu96°69°22%
- Fri101°74°31%
- Sat85°71°46%
- Sun83°70°35%
- Mon84°67°20%
- Tue87°64°15%
- Wed95°66°27%
- Thu89°71°25%
- Fri91°68°32%
- Sat91°70°33%
- Sun97°69°53%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of July 5, 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.
SPC Convective Outlook
Storm Prediction Center — Gloucester Courthouse
SPC has placed Gloucester Courthouse in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.
- TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
- TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
- DAY 3MRGLMarginal Risk
Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.
Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.
ZIP codes in Gloucester Courthouse
- 23061