Coming up. Tomorrow is 11 degrees cooler: a high of 54° after 65° today.
Now. The Ohio State University Airport - Don Scott Field is 69° and light rain at 12 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the south at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 71° by 1 AM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 8 AM, with some cloud. 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 Thursday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is possible tomorrow (46%). 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 10:46 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 12:00 AM in The Ohio State University Airport - Don Scott Field, Ohio.
Air quality
Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Columbus (OH), 8 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
None in the last 24 hours; 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 12 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 3,562 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 49° / 229° | 7 mph head, on 23 | 11 mph from the left |
| 09L / 27R | 2,994 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 87° / 267° | 2 mph head, on 09L | 13 mph from the right |
| 09R / 27L | 5,004 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 87° / 267° | 2 mph head, on 09R | 13 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Columbus/St Univ (OSU), The Ohio State University Airport - Don Scott Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
69 F at 11 PM Thursday; 69 F at its warmest, 11 PM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 66 F, the air 92% saturated; the humidity ran from 73% at 2 PM Thursday to 92% at 11 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
11 mph from the south at 12 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 11 PM Thursday, with a gust of 21 mph at 11 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.86 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.07 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 6 miles at 11 PM Thursday; 6 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 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
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Columbus/St Univ: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest The Ohio State University Airport - Don Scott Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/919 ft/14 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I270 @ US33 (COLS)OH170
Beside a road/3.5 mi away/882 ft/23 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Molly Caren #1 ScanMOLO1
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.9 mi away/1,060 ft/155 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Molly Caren #1S2014
At a soil climate station/21.9 mi away/1,060 ft/155 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Riverlea 2.9 WNWOH-FR-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/898 ft/7 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ColumbusCTVO1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.5 mi away/748 ft/157 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Columbus (CTVO1), 4.5 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. 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.