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Athens, Ohio

City in Athens County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Athens

Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Parkersburg (WV), 29 miles off.

14Good
  • Ozone14Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Athens

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Athens, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 2 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Athens, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

AlbanyUNI

At an airfield/10.6 mi away/766 ft/79 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,137of 1,605

measured daily2 instruments

Athens 1.1 NWOH-AT-30

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/778 ft/91 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Athens 1 NATHO1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.8 mi away/797 ft/110 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Albany, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.6 mi from Athens, Ohio. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,800 ft, broken at 2,400 ft; the ceiling is 2,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Albany, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, the ceiling at 2,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UNIFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALBANYSECTION, 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 SHEETBKN 2,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,800 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAlbany, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS UNITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-UNI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.6 F with a dew point of 51.0 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Albany: temperature 51.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.0, 98 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UNIFIG. B THE AIR AT ALBANYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 51.6 F, 51.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 POINTTITLEAlbany, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS UNITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-UNI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Albany, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 8 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 UNIFIG. C THE WIND AT ALBANYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAlbany, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS UNITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-UNI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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