Temperature
68 F at 12 AM; 68 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 57 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 68F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 68F
- 12 AM
- Lowest
- 57F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 12 degrees cooler: a high of 53° after 65° today.
Now. Bolton Field is 68° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the south at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 71° by 2 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 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is possible tomorrow (49%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:52 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Bolton Field, Ohio.
Air quality
Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Columbus (OH), 10 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 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 5,500 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 32° / 212° | 8 mph head, on 22 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Bolton Field Air (TZR), Bolton Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
68 F at 12 AM; 68 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 57 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 67 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 77% at 11 AM Thursday to 96% at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
8 mph from the south at 12 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 11 PM Thursday, with a gust of 20 mph at 11 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.89 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.24 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 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
Bolton Field Air: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Bolton Field, 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/906 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I71 @ SR665 Grove City Outpost (Columbus D6)OH172
Beside a road/4.7 mi away/838 ft/67 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Molly Caren #1 ScanMOLO1
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.9 mi away/1,060 ft/155 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Molly Caren #1S2014
At a soil climate station/16.9 mi away/1,060 ft/155 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Columbus 6.2 WSWOH-FR-115
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/858 ft/47 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LockbourneCNSO1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.4 mi away/692 ft/213 ft below 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.