Temperature
52 F at 6 PM; 72 F at its warmest, 2 AM, and 52 F at its coolest, 6 PM.
- Now
- 52F
- 6 PM
- Highest
- 72F
- 2 AM
- Lowest
- 52F
- 6 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Defiance Memorial Airport, Ohio
Small airport in Defiance County, Ohio* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 possible. * WHERE...Portions of northern Indiana and northwest Ohio. * WHEN...From late Saturday night through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops and other sensitive vegetation.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
53°
59°/51°
Light rain·
Feels like 53°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Defiance Memorial Airport until 9 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this evening, from about 6 PM (61%).
Now. Defiance Memorial Airport is 53° and light rain at 6 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 6 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:55 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:47 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
86%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
53feels53
61%
Today
Oct 16
5951
62%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5334
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6131
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6533
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6936
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6940
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7041
mostly clear day
53°
59°51°
53°34°
61°31°
65°33°
69°36°
69°40°
70°41°
As of 6:00 PM in Defiance Memorial Airport, Ohio.
Air quality
The air at Defiance Memorial Airport
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Fort Wayne (IN), 42 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-
- Ozone18Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.
GoodModerate
- 32YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
- ModerateMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Defiance Memorial Airport
0.23 in in the last 24 hours, 1.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.23in
- Last 3 days
- 1.15in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 20%
Visibility
How far you can see at Defiance Memorial Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- DFI
- ICAO
- KDFI
- IATA
- DFI
- Field elevation
- 707 ft
- Serves
- Defiance
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- DFI
- Wind now
- From 340° at 8 mph, read 16 Oct, 18:04
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 4,199 ft | 72 ft | Asphalt | 115° / 295° | 6 mph head, on 30 | 6 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Defiance (DFI), Defiance Memorial Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 48 F, the air 86% saturated; the humidity ran from 77% at 10 AM to 97% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 48F
- 6 PM
- Humidity now
- 86%
- Humidity, range
- 77 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the north northwest at 6 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 6 AM, with a gust of 30 mph at 3 AM.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 6 AM
- Highest gust
- 30mph
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.02 inHg at 6 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.13 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.02inHg
- 6 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.06inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.13inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 1 PM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 1 PM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 800 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,400ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 800ft
- 4 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.29 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.08 in, in the hour to 3 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.29in
- Wettest hour
- 0.08in
- 3 AM
- Hours with some
- 15
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Defiance: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Defiance Memorial 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 now2 instruments
DefianceDFI
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/719 ft/12 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
1-SR127 @ SR249OH001
Beside a road/7.3 mi away/720 ft/13 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Defiance APDEF
At a cooperative observer's station/0.1 mi away/706 ft/1 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Defiance 6.4 WOH-DF-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/699 ft/8 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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Near Defiance Memorial Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Defiance Memorial Airport
- Fulton County AirportUSE, 24 mi
- Putnam County AirportOWX, 31 mi
- Van Wert County AirportVNW, 34 mi
- Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express AirportTOL, 36 mi
- Findlay AirportFDY, 45 mi
- Lima Allen County AirportAOH, 48 mi
- Toledo Executive AirportTDZ, 51 mi
- Neil Armstrong AirportAXV, 59 mi