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Bolton Field, Ohio

Small airport in Franklin County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Bolton Field

Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Columbus (OH), 10 miles off.

56Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate-
  • Ozone18Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)35Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bolton Field

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.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.09in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bolton Field, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 12 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
TZR
ICAO
KTZR
IATA
-
Field elevation
905 ft
Serves
Columbus
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
TZR
Wind now
From 190° at 9 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:55

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
04 / 225,500 ft100 ftAsphalt32° / 212°8 mph head, on 223 mph from the left
04222,000 ftN190° 9 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Bolton Field Air (TZR), Bolton Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

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
Temperature and Dew point at Bolton Field Air, temperature from 57.2 to 68.4, the latest 68.4; dew point from 53.6 to 67.3, the latest 67.3, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF50556065703 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16TEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 67 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 77% at 11 AM Thursday to 96% at 12 AM.

Dew point now
67F
12 AM
Humidity now
96%
Humidity, range
77 to 96%
Relative humidity at Bolton Field Air, relative humidity from 77 to 96, the latest 96, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%75808590951003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

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.

Now
8mph
from the south
Strongest
10mph
11 PM Thursday
Highest gust
20mph
11 PM Thursday
Wind and Gust at Bolton Field Air, wind from 0 to 10, the latest 8; gust from 18 to 20, the latest 18, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph051015203 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16WINDGUST
Wind direction at Bolton Field Air, wind direction from 20 to 190, the latest 190, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

29.89 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.24 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.89inHg
12 AM
3 hours
-0.05inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.24inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Bolton Field Air, pressure, altimeter from 29.89 to 30.16, the latest 29.89, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.8029.9030.0030.1030.203 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

10 miles or more every hour.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
10+mi
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Bolton Field Air, visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now
400ft
Lowest in 24 hours
400ft
11 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
24
Lowest cloud base at Bolton Field Air, lowest cloud base from 400 to 2,200, the latest 400, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft05001,0001,5002,0002,5003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Wettest hour
-
Hours with some
0

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

What is measuring near here

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

Bolton Field AirTZR

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/906 ft/1 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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

-

Snow on the ground

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