57-IR70 MM 198OH049
Beside a road/10.5 mi away/1,185 ft/17 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 12 PM, the chance peaking at 62% around 1 PM.
Now. Belmont is 68° and mostly cloudy at 3 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the south-southwest at 9 mph, gusting to 27 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 53° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (74%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:43 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:38 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 9 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Belmont, Ohio.
Air quality
Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Moundsville (WV), 18 miles off.
Yesterday measured 34, good.
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; 0.18 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 12 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Belmont, OhioReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Belmont, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
57-IR70 MM 198OH049
Beside a road/10.5 mi away/1,185 ft/17 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Wheeling Creek below Blaine03111548
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.6 mi away/699 ft/469 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station GW5129GW5129
In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.7 mi away/671 ft/497 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
CambridgeCDI
At an airfield/28.6 mi away/792 ft/376 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Barnesville 0.5 NOH-BL-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.2 mi away/1,306 ft/138 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PiedmontPDTO1
At a cooperative observer's station/14.6 mi away/919 ft/249 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 28.6 mi from Belmont, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Scattered at 5,000 ft, scattered at 9,500 ft, broken at 12,000 ft; the ceiling is 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
70.7 F with a dew point of 69.0 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.
From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.
The full report of Cambridge, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.