Temperature
68 F at 11 PM; 68 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 57 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 68F
- 11 PM
- Highest
- 68F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 57F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 8 degrees cooler: a high of 64° after 72° today.
Now. Delaware Municipal Airport is 68° and light rain at 11 PM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the south at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 67° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 56): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 70°, and the coolest Saturday, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (56%). Rain is possible Saturday (47%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Delaware Municipal Airport, Ohio.
Air quality
Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Columbus (OH), 21 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.14 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 | 5,800 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 98° / 278° | 4 mph head, on 28 | 9 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Delaware (DLZ), Delaware Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
68 F at 11 PM; 68 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 57 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 66 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 73% at 4 PM to 100% at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
10 mph from the south southwest at 11 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 11 PM, with a gust of 16 mph at 8 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.87 inHg at 11 PM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.27 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 1 PM, under a mile for 6 hours; 5 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 700 ft at 11 PM; a base was reported in 24 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
Delaware: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Delaware Municipal 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
DelawareDLZ
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/942 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
114-IR71 @ US36OH104
Beside a road/9.9 mi away/978 ft/33 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Raymond 4NWRAYO1
At a river or reservoir gauge/20.1 mi away/1,070 ft/125 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Molly Caren #1S2014
At a soil climate station/28.9 mi away/1,060 ft/115 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Delaware 1.7 WOH-DL-29
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/944 ft/1 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Delaware 2ESEDLRO1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.5 mi away/922 ft/23 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Delaware 2ESE (DLRO1), 3.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. 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.