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
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 15 degrees cooler: a high of 51° after 66° today.
Now. Akron Fulton International Airport is 70° and partly cloudy at 5 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 71° by 5 AM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (82%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:44 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:36 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 7 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Akron Fulton International Airport, Ohio.
Air quality
Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Canton and Massillon (OH), 17 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 34, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
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.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 6,336 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 62° / 242° | 12 mph head, on 25 | 7 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Akron (AKR), Akron Fulton International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
69 F at 4 AM; 69 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 52 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 66 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 61% at 3 PM Thursday to 93% at 1 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
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.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.77 inHg at 4 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.42 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 7 miles at 12 AM; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 600 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 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
Akron: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
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
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.