Temperature
58 F at 2 PM; 72 F at its warmest, 4 AM, and 58 F at its coolest, 2 PM.
- Now
- 58F
- 2 PM
- Highest
- 72F
- 4 AM
- Lowest
- 58F
- 2 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/West Virginia/Wheeling Ohio County Airport
Wheeling Ohio County Airport, West Virginia
Medium airport in Ohio County, West Virginia* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible. * WHERE...Portions of east central Ohio, northwest, southwest, and western Pennsylvania, and northern and the northern panhandle of West Virginia. * WHEN...From late Saturday night through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
58°
70°/63°
Light rain·
Feels like 58°·Moderate breeze 16 mph WNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Wheeling Ohio County Airport until 9 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tonight, from about 10 PM, the chance peaking at 62% around 11 PM.
Now. Wheeling Ohio County Airport is 58° and light rain at 2 PM. The dew point is 55°, so the air feels a little humid. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 16 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 61° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:42 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:36 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 9 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
14Air quality
93%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
2:00 PM
58feels58
35%
16mph
Today
Oct 16
7063
97%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5139
14%
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
5832
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6236
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6637
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6641
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6643
mostly clear day
58°
70°63°
51°39°
58°32°
62°36°
66°37°
66°41°
66°43°
As of 2:00 PM in Wheeling Ohio County Airport, West Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Wheeling Ohio County Airport
Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Wheeling (WV), 5 miles off.
14Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-18 mi
- Ozone14Good13 ppb4.7 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 14, good.
GoodModerate
- 14YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Wheeling Ohio County Airport
0.23 in in the last 24 hours, 0.46 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.23in
- Last 3 days
- 0.46in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 50%
Visibility
How far you can see at Wheeling Ohio County Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 3 miles Fri 10 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- HLG
- ICAO
- KHLG
- IATA
- HLG
- Field elevation
- 1,195 ft
- Serves
- Wheeling
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- HLG
- Wind now
- From 300° at 17 mph, read 16 Oct, 14:30
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 5,002 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 26° / 206° | 1 mph head, on 03 | 17 mph from the left |
| 16 / 34 | 4,499 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 151° / 331° | 15 mph head, on 34 | 9 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Wheeling/Ohio Co. (HLG), Wheeling Ohio County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 56 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 73% at 9 AM to 97% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 56F
- 2 PM
- Humidity now
- 94%
- Humidity, range
- 73 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
16 mph from the west northwest at 2 PM; at its strongest 16 mph, 2 PM, with a gust of 36 mph at 12 PM.
- Now
- 16mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 16mph
- 2 PM
- Highest gust
- 36mph
- 12 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.90 inHg at 2 PM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.16 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.90inHg
- 2 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.08inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.16inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 12 PM; 2 miles now.
- Now
- 2mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 12 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 12 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 800ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.26 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.11 in, in the hour to 11 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.26in
- Wettest hour
- 0.11in
- 11 AM
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Wheeling/Ohio Co.: 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 Wheeling Ohio 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,198 ft/3 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Valley Grove 3SEGEOW2
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.8 mi away/1,270 ft/75 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Wheeling 4.5 NNEWV-OH-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/1,188 ft/7 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Pike Island Dam.WEEW2
At a dam/3.5 mi away/640 ft/555 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Pike Island Dam. (WEEW2), 3.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in West Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Wheeling Ohio County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Windsor Heightsvillage, 1 mi
- West Libertytown, 3 mi
- Clearviewvillage, 3 mi
- Beech Bottomvillage, 4 mi
- Bethanytown, 5 mi
- Oglebayski area, 5 mi
- Valley Grovevillage, 7 mi
- Wellsburgcity, 8 mi
- Triadelphiatown, 8 mi
- Wheelingcity, 9 mi
- Bethlehemvillage, 9 mi
- Hooverson Heightscommunity, 10 mi
Airports near Wheeling Ohio County Airport
- Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart FieldMGW, 53 mi
- North Central West Virginia AirportCKB, 65 mi
- Mid Ohio Valley Regional AirportPKB, 71 mi
- Upshur County Regional AirportW22, 84 mi
- Elkins-Randolph County Regional AirportEKN, 98 mi
- Braxton County Airport48I, 103 mi
- Grant County AirportW99, 114 mi
- Yeager AirportCRW, 134 mi