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Akron Canton Regional Airport, Ohio

Medium airport in Summit County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Akron Canton Regional Airport

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Canton and Massillon (OH), 9 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
  • Ozone22Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Akron Canton Regional Airport

0.28 in in the last 24 hours, 0.58 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.28in
Last 3 days
0.58in

Visibility

How far you can see at Akron Canton Regional Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 3 miles Fri 2 PM.

FriSatSun

Airfield

Code
CAK
ICAO
KCAK
IATA
CAK
Field elevation
1,228 ft
Serves
Akron
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
CAK
Wind now
From 290° at 18 mph, read 16 Oct, 11:51

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
01 / 197,601 ft150 ftAsphalt2° / 182°6 mph head, on 0117 mph from the left
05 / 238,204 ft150 ftAsphalt47° / 227°8 mph head, on 2316 mph from the right
011905232,500 ftN290° 18 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 / Canton (CAK), Akron Canton Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

59 F at 11 AM; 69 F at its warmest, 5 AM, and 59 F at its coolest, 11 AM.

Now
59F
11 AM
Highest
69F
5 AM
Lowest
59F
11 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Akron / Canton, temperature from 59.0 to 69.0, the latest 59.0; dew point from 53.0 to 66.0, the latest 54.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF50556065703 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 54 F, the air 83% saturated; the humidity ran from 63% at 2 PM Thursday to 97% at 1 AM.

Dew point now
54F
11 AM
Humidity now
83%
Humidity, range
63 to 97%
Relative humidity at Akron / Canton, relative humidity from 63 to 97, the latest 83, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%607080901003 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

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

Wind

12 mph from the west at 12 PM; at its strongest 18 mph, 11 AM, with a gust of 32 mph at 10 AM.

Now
12mph
from the west
Strongest
18mph
11 AM
Highest gust
32mph
10 AM
Wind and Gust at Akron / Canton, wind from 3 to 18, the latest 12; gust from 18 to 32, the latest 21, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030403 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Akron / Canton, wind direction from 110 to 290, the latest 280, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

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

Pressure

29.86 inHg at 12 PM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.24 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.86inHg
12 PM
3 hours
+0.05inHg
rising
24 hours
-0.24inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Akron / Canton, pressure, altimeter from 29.77 to 30.10, the latest 29.86, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.7029.8029.9030.0030.103 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 0.3 miles at 8 AM, under a mile for 1 hour; 9 miles now.

Now
9mi
Lowest
0.3mi
8 AM
Hours under a mile
1
Visibility at Akron / Canton, visibility from 0.3 to 10.0, the latest 9.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now
1,600ft
Lowest in 24 hours
400ft
11 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
24
Lowest cloud base at Akron / Canton, lowest cloud base from 400 to 4,600, the latest 1,600, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,0003 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PMMVFRVFR

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

Precipitation

0.25 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.23 in, in the hour to 8 AM.

Last 24 hours
0.25in
Wettest hour
0.23in
8 AM
Hours with some
7
Precipitation at Akron / Canton, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.23, the latest 0.01, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.100.200.303 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM

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

Akron / Canton: 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 Canton Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Akron / CantonCAK

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,227 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Penisula RAWSPNSO1

A remote fire weather station/22.2 mi away/889 ft/339 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Wooster 3 SSE54856

At a climate reference station/26.7 mi away/1,102 ft/126 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Canal Fulton 2.6 EOH-ST-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/1,150 ft/78 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Norton 3NENRBO1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.2 mi away/974 ft/254 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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