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Akron Fulton International Airport, Ohio

Medium airport in Summit County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Akron Fulton International Airport

Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Canton and Massillon (OH), 17 miles off.

48Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)48Good1.6 mi
  • Ozone19Good21 ppb12.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)18Good1.6 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb1.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Akron Fulton International Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.53 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.53in

Visibility

How far you can see at Akron Fulton International Airport, the next 40 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 2 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
AKR
ICAO
KAKR
IATA
AKC
Field elevation
1,067 ft
Serves
Akron
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
AKR
Wind now
From 210° at 14 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:40

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
07 / 256,336 ft150 ftAsphalt62° / 242°12 mph head, on 257 mph from the left
07252,000 ftN210° 14 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Akron (AKR), Akron Fulton International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

69 F at 4 AM; 69 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 52 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.

Now
69F
4 AM
Highest
69F
3 PM Thursday
Lowest
52F
7 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Akron, temperature from 52.0 to 69.0, the latest 69.0; dew point from 48.0 to 66.0, the latest 66.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF405060706 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 66 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 61% at 3 PM Thursday to 93% at 1 AM.

Dew point now
66F
4 AM
Humidity now
90%
Humidity, range
61 to 93%
Relative humidity at Akron, relative humidity from 61 to 93, the latest 90, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%607080901006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

13 mph from the south southwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 26 mph at 2 AM.

Now
13mph
from the south southwest
Strongest
14mph
2 AM
Highest gust
26mph
2 AM
Wind and Gust at Akron, wind from 1 to 14, the latest 13; gust from 16 to 26, the latest 21, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph01020306 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Akron, wind direction from 30 to 220, the latest 210, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703606 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

29.77 inHg at 4 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.42 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.77inHg
4 AM
3 hours
-0.04inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.42inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Akron, pressure, altimeter from 29.77 to 30.19, the latest 29.77, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.6029.8030.0030.206 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 7 miles at 12 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
7mi
12 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Akron, visibility from 7.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 600 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
600ft
11 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
22
Lowest cloud base at Akron, lowest cloud base from 600 to 10,000, the latest 1,500, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,5005,0007,50010,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Wettest hour
-
Hours with some
0

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Akron: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Akron Fulton International 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 now4 instruments

AkronAKR

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,066 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

126-Killian Rd. Over I-77OH116

Beside a road/3.1 mi away/1,123 ft/56 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Penisula RAWSPNSO1

A remote fire weather station/13.7 mi away/889 ft/178 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Wooster 3 SSE54856

At a climate reference station/30.0 mi away/1,102 ft/35 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Akron 5.3 SEOH-SM-55

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/1,084 ft/17 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Stow 4 SESTWO1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.3 mi away/1,060 ft/7 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Stow 4 SE (STWO1), 7.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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