Citizen station GW5381GW5381
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/838 ft/297 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 12 degrees cooler: a high of 64° after 76° today.
Now. Dayton is 72° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the south at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 66° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. 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 Wednesday, near 71°, and the coolest Saturday, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (72%). Rain is possible Saturday (33%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 13 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Dayton, Kentucky.
Air quality
Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Cincinnati (OH), 3 miles off.
Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 53, 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; 0.46 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 12 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Dayton, KentuckyReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Dayton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW5381GW5381
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/838 ft/297 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Cincinnati / N Kentucky IntlCVG
At an airfield/11.8 mi away/876 ft/335 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
CrittendenCRIK2
At a river or reservoir gauge/24.7 mi away/948 ft/407 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-75 at mile 15906_75_0159
Beside a road/30.5 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Newport 0.7 NKY-CB-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/525 ft/16 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
California 5NWCAFK2
At a cooperative observer's station/12.2 mi away/595 ft/54 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 11.8 mi from Dayton, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:52 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Scattered at 13,000 ft, broken at 16,000 ft, broken at 25,000 ft; the ceiling is 16,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
74.0 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 13,000 ft.
From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.