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
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 2 PM (53%).
Now. Akron Canton Regional Airport is 59° and light rain at 12 PM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west at 16 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 40° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. The days ahead look dry. 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 PM in Akron Canton Regional Airport, Ohio.
Air quality
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Canton and Massillon (OH), 9 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 34, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.
Precipitation
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.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 3 miles Fri 2 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 7,601 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 2° / 182° | 6 mph head, on 01 | 17 mph from the left |
| 05 / 23 | 8,204 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 47° / 227° | 8 mph head, on 23 | 16 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Akron / Canton (CAK), Akron Canton Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
59 F at 11 AM; 69 F at its warmest, 5 AM, and 59 F at its coolest, 11 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 54 F, the air 83% saturated; the humidity ran from 63% at 2 PM Thursday to 97% at 1 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
12 mph from the west at 12 PM; at its strongest 18 mph, 11 AM, with a gust of 32 mph at 10 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.86 inHg at 12 PM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.24 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 8 AM, under a mile for 1 hour; 9 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.25 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.23 in, in the hour to 8 AM.
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
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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,227 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
9-I77 MM109 @ Beldon VillageOH009
Beside a road/4.4 mi away/1,099 ft/129 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
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
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Snow on the ground
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.