Temperature
70 F at 2 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 11 PM Thursday, and 56 F at its coolest, 8 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 70F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 72F
- 11 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 56F
- 8 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 8 degrees cooler: a high of 52° after 60° today.
Now. Bellefontaine Regional Airport is 70° and mostly cloudy at 3 AM. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 50° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 8 AM, with some cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 58): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is possible tomorrow (32%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:54 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:48 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 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Bellefontaine Regional Airport, Ohio.
Air quality
Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Lima (OH), 30 miles off.
Yesterday measured 54, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.07 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 5,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 69° / 249° | 11 mph head, on 25 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Bellefontaine (EDJ), Bellefontaine Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
70 F at 2 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 11 PM Thursday, and 56 F at its coolest, 8 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 70 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 85% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
13 mph from the southwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 16 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 25 mph at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.84 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.32 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 9 miles at 10 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 800 ft at 10 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 11 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Bellefontaine: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Bellefontaine 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/1,122 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
21-US33 @ SR540OH021
Beside a road/4.2 mi away/1,378 ft/256 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Raymond 4NWRAYO1
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.7 mi away/1,070 ft/52 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Molly Caren #1S2014
At a soil climate station/35.1 mi away/1,060 ft/62 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Bellefontaine 3.3 WSWOH-LG-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/1,099 ft/23 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BellefontaineBLFO1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/1,175 ft/53 ft above 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.