Temperature
50 F at 7 PM; 72 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 50 F at its coolest, 7 PM.
- Now
- 50F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 72F
- 12 AM
- Lowest
- 50F
- 7 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Van Wert County Airport, Ohio
Small airport in Van Wert County, Ohio* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 possible. * WHERE...Portions of northern Indiana and northwest Ohio. * WHEN...From late Saturday night through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops and other sensitive vegetation.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
51°
58°/53°
Overcast·
Feels like 51°·Gentle breeze 10 mph NW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Van Wert County Airport until 9 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this evening, from about 7 PM (53%).
Now. Van Wert County Airport is 51° and overcast at 7 PM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 53° by 7 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:49 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 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
20Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
7:00 PM
51feels51
53%
Today
Oct 16
5853
57%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5336
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6232
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6635
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6937
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6941
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7043
partly cloudy day
51°
58°53°
53°36°
62°32°
66°35°
69°37°
69°41°
70°43°
As of 7:00 PM in Van Wert County Airport, Ohio.
Air quality
The air at Van Wert County Airport
Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Lima (OH), 30 miles off.
20Good
- Ozone20Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 54, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 54YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Van Wert County Airport
0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.22 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.06in
- Last 3 days
- 0.22in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 27%
Visibility
How far you can see at Van Wert County Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- VNW
- ICAO
- KVNW
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 785 ft
- Serves
- Van Wert
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- VNW
- Wind now
- From 320° at 9 mph, read 16 Oct, 19:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 5,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 89° / 269° | 6 mph head, on 27 | 7 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 unlit | 2,558 ft | 95 ft | Grass | 181° / 1° | 7 mph head, on 36 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Van Wert County (VNW), Van Wert County 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 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 79% at 4 PM to 100% at 8 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 50F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 79 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the northwest at 7 PM; at its strongest 19 mph, 5 AM, with a gust of 33 mph at 5 AM.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 19mph
- 5 AM
- Highest gust
- 33mph
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.22 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.22inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 6 PM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 6 PM
- 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 300 ft at 6 PM; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,300ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 6 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.07 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.05 in, in the hour to 6 PM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.07in
- Wettest hour
- 0.05in
- 6 PM
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Van Wert County: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Van Wert County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/776 ft/9 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
5- US30 @ SR49 NorthOH005
Beside a road/8.7 mi away/774 ft/11 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Van Wert 1 SVNWO1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/787 ft/2 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Payne 5.2 SOH-PL-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.0 mi away/756 ft/29 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 Van Wert County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Van Wert County Airport
- Neil Armstrong AirportAXV, 30 mi
- Lima Allen County AirportAOH, 32 mi
- Defiance Memorial AirportDFI, 34 mi
- Putnam County AirportOWX, 35 mi
- Darke County AirportVES, 46 mi
- Findlay AirportFDY, 50 mi
- Hardin County AirportI95, 54 mi
- Bellefontaine Regional AirportEDJ, 54 mi