Modest Town, Virginia Weather
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Modest Town weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 5Overcast——88°75°—
- MondayJul 6Light Showers53%—87°76°-1°
- TuesdayJul 7Showers58%—88°73°+1°
- WednesdayJul 8Showers43%0.04″76°71°-12°
- ThursdayJul 9Partly Cloudy11%—84°70°+8°
- FridayJul 10Overcast23%—94°76°+10°
- SaturdayJul 11Drizzle24%0.02″81°73°-13°
AQI 103 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 31 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM2.5 at 13.8 µg/m³ (AQI 60) with a 0.90 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 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 47 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 21 around 1 PM.
- Present
- AQI 47
- UV peak
- 3.3 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- clear
- Projected peak
- AQI 21
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 13.8 µg/m³ (AQI 60) with a 0.90 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.90
- 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
- 11:18 PM
- Moonset
- 11:12 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon
Modest Town at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 4°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 3 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
15-Day Forecast — Modest Town
- Sun88°75°7%
- Mon87°76°53%
- Tue88°73°58%
- Wed76°71°43%
- Thu84°70°11%
- Fri94°76°23%
- Sat81°73°24%
- Sun80°70°18%
- Mon80°66°18%
- Tue80°69°12%
- Wed87°71°19%
- Thu85°73°20%
- Fri83°72°29%
- Sat83°73°35%
- Sun93°72°44%
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 — Modest Town
SPC has placed Modest Town in the Slight Risk category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.
- TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
- TOMORROWSLGTSlight Risk
- DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
Scattered severe storms possible. A few tornadoes, hail, and damaging wind gusts possible.
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 Modest Town
- 23308