Temperature
67 F at 5 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 57 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 67F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 72F
- 12 AM
- Lowest
- 57F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Darke County Airport is 67° and light drizzle at 5 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Moderate breeze from the west at 15 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 50° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is possible tomorrow (32%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:57 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:52 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 8 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Darke County Airport, Ohio.
Air quality
Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Muncie (IN), 24 miles off.
Yesterday measured 39, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
0.14 in in the last 24 hours, 0.16 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 7 miles Fri 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 4,802 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 89° / 269° | 16 mph head, on 27 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Versailles (VES), Darke County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
67 F at 5 AM; 72 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 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 73% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
14 mph from the west at 5 AM; at its strongest 15 mph, 11 PM Thursday, with a gust of 29 mph at 5 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.84 inHg at 5 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.30 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 1 miles at 10 PM Thursday; 2 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 9 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.14 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.10 in, in the hour to 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Versailles: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Darke County 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 now2 instruments
VersaillesVES
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,007 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
20-SR502 @ Slm 0.5OH020
Beside a road/14.3 mi away/1,114 ft/107 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Versailles 1.6 WSWOH-DR-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/1,000 ft/7 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
VersaillesVRSO1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/984 ft/23 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.