Temperature
69 F at 1 AM; 69 F at its warmest, 1 AM, and 55 F at its coolest, 3 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 69F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 69F
- 1 AM
- Lowest
- 55F
- 3 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 11 AM (50%).
Now. Knox County Airport is 69° and light rain at 2 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the southwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 51° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 7 AM, with some cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 55): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (64%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:49 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:43 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Knox County Airport, Ohio.
Air quality
Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Columbus (OH), 34 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 | 5,504 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 98° / 278° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Mount Vernon (4I3), Knox County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
69 F at 1 AM; 69 F at its warmest, 1 AM, and 55 F at its coolest, 3 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 69 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 86% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
7 mph from the southwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 3 AM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 3 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.85 inHg at 1 AM, falling 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.32 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 9 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 9 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Mount Vernon: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Knox County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Mount Vernon4I3
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,191 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/3.8 mi away/1,043 ft/148 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Raccoon Creek AT GranvilleGRNO1
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.0 mi away/902 ft/289 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Utica 3.8 NOH-KN-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/984 ft/207 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Centerburg 2 SECTRO1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.9 mi away/1,204 ft/13 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Centerburg 2 SE (CTRO1), 6.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.