Temperature
53 F at 5 PM; 71 F at its warmest, 7 AM, and 53 F at its coolest, 5 PM.
- Now
- 53F
- 5 PM
- Highest
- 71F
- 7 AM
- Lowest
- 53F
- 5 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Rickenbacker International Airport, Ohio
Medium airport in Franklin County, Ohio* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s possible. * WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northeast and northern Kentucky, and central, south central, southwest, and west central Ohio. * WHEN...From late Saturday night through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation.
Be prepared to take steps to protect tender plants from the cold.
54°
66°/59°
Light rain·
Feels like 54°·Gentle breeze 9 mph WNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Rickenbacker International Airport until 9 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 12 degrees cooler: a high of 54° after 66° today.
Now. Rickenbacker International Airport is 54° and light rain at 6 PM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 56° by 6 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:51 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 day is 11 hours 9 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
90%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
54feels54
12%
Today
Oct 16
6659
97%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5442
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
6133
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6537
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6938
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6942
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7043
mostly clear day
54°
66°59°
54°42°
61°33°
65°37°
69°38°
69°42°
70°43°
As of 6:00 PM in Rickenbacker International Airport, Ohio.
Air quality
The air at Rickenbacker International Airport
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Columbus (OH), 13 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
- Ozone12Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-
The days ahead
Highest 53, moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.
GoodModerate
- 47YesterdayOct 15
- 33TodayOct 16
- 30SatOct 17
- 53SunOct 18
- 53MonOct 19
- 50TueOct 20
- 44WedOct 21
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Rickenbacker International Airport
0.16 in in the last 24 hours, 0.40 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.16in
- Last 3 days
- 0.40in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 40%
Visibility
How far you can see at Rickenbacker International Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 7 miles Sun 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LCK
- ICAO
- KLCK
- IATA
- LCK
- Field elevation
- 744 ft
- Serves
- Columbus
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- LCK
- Wind now
- From 270° at 8 mph, read 16 Oct, 17:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05L / 23R | 11,902 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | 6 mph head, on 23R | 6 mph from the right |
| 05R / 23L | 12,103 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 45° / 225° | 6 mph head, on 23L | 6 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Rickenbacker Ang (LCK), Rickenbacker International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 50 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 72% at 5 AM to 95% at 10 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 50F
- 5 PM
- Humidity now
- 90%
- Humidity, range
- 72 to 95%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the west at 5 PM; at its strongest 14 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 21 mph at 6 AM.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 14mph
- 12 AM
- Highest gust
- 21mph
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.02 inHg at 5 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.02inHg
- 5 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.06inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.04inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 8 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 8 AM
- 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 500 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 18
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.14 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.04 in, in the hour to 8 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.14in
- Wettest hour
- 0.04in
- 8 AM
- Hours with some
- 6
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Rickenbacker Ang: 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 Rickenbacker International 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/745 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/5.7 mi away/752 ft/8 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Raccoon Creek AT GranvilleGRNO1
At a river or reservoir gauge/26.6 mi away/902 ft/158 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Molly Caren #1S2014
At a soil climate station/29.2 mi away/1,060 ft/316 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
LockbourneCNSO1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.2 mi away/692 ft/52 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Groveport 0.1 NNWOH-FR-143
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/737 ft/7 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Ohio
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Rickenbacker International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Lockbournevillage, 2 mi
- Groveportcity, 4 mi
- Obetzvillage, 5 mi
- Lithopolisvillage, 6 mi
- Canal Winchestercity, 6 mi
- Ashvillevillage, 7 mi
- Blacklick Estatescommunity, 7 mi
- South Bloomfieldvillage, 8 mi
- Commercial Pointvillage, 8 mi
- Grove Citycity, 9 mi
- Bricevillage, 9 mi
- Pickeringtoncity, 10 mi
Airports near Rickenbacker International Airport
- Bolton FieldTZR, 13 mi
- John Glenn Columbus International AirportCMH, 13 mi
- Fairfield County AirportLHQ, 15 mi
- The Ohio State University Airport - Don Scott FieldOSU, 20 mi
- Ross County AirportRZT, 26 mi
- Newark Heath AirportVTA, 29 mi
- Madison County AirportUYF, 29 mi
- Fayette County AirportI23, 31 mi