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Amherst, Ohio

City in Lorain County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Amherst

Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Cleveland-Akron-Lorain (OH), 42 miles off.

59Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate-
  • Ozone23Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)29Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 38, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Amherst

None in the last 24 hours; 0.50 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.50in

Visibility

How far you can see at Amherst, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Sat 3 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Amherst, OhioReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Amherst, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Amherst 0.4 WSWOH-LR-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/684 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Elyria 4 SELYO1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.8 mi away/771 ft/90 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,261of 1,590

Station report

The weather at Lorain/Elyria, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.4 mi from Amherst, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,900 ft, overcast at 2,600 ft; the ceiling is 1,900 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Lorain/Elyria, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, the ceiling at 1,900 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LPRFIG. A THE SKY OVER LORAIN/ELYRIASECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLELorain/Elyria, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LPRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LPR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Lorain/Elyria: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LPRFIG. B THE AIR AT LORAIN/ELYRIATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,900 FTTEMPERATURE 69.0 FDEW POINT 66.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLELorain/Elyria, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LPRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LPR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lorain/Elyria, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 12 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LPRFIG. C THE WIND AT LORAIN/ELYRIAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELorain/Elyria, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LPRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LPR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Lorain/Elyria, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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