Citizen station GW5381GW5381
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/838 ft/32 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Fort Thomas until 9 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Fort Thomas is 52° and light rain at 5 PM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the west-northwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 40° by 7 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:56 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 11 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 PM in Fort Thomas, Kentucky.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Cincinnati (OH), 4 miles off.
Highest 55, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.
Precipitation
0.13 in in the last 24 hours, 0.40 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 2 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Fort Thomas, KentuckyReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Fort Thomas, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW5381GW5381
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/838 ft/32 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Cincinnati / N Kentucky IntlCVG
At an airfield/11.8 mi away/876 ft/70 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
CrittendenCRIK2
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.0 mi away/948 ft/142 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-75 at mile 15906_75_0159
Beside a road/28.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Newport 0.6 ESEKY-CB-20
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/664 ft/142 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
California 5NWCAFK2
At a cooperative observer's station/10.2 mi away/595 ft/211 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 11.8 mi from Fort Thomas, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:52 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
A few clouds at 1,800 ft, broken at 2,500 ft, overcast at 3,800 ft; the ceiling is 2,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
51.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.
From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 17 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.
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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.