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Buckeye Lake, Ohio

Village in Licking County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Buckeye Lake

Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Columbus (OH), 27 miles off.

55Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate-
  • Ozone16Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)22Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Buckeye Lake

None in the last 24 hours; 0.22 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
0.22in

Visibility

How far you can see at Buckeye Lake, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Buckeye Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

NewarkVTA

At an airfield/6.3 mi away/879 ft/2 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank250of 1,590

measured daily2 instruments

Thornville 3.4 WNWOH-FF-45

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/913 ft/32 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Buckeye LakeBKLO1

At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/902 ft/21 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank23of 1,590

Station report

The weather at Newark, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.3 mi from Buckeye Lake, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 5,000 ft, broken at 11,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Newark, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 11,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VTAFIG. A THE SKY OVER NEWARKSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 11,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 5,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLENewark, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VTATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VTA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 79 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Newark: temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 79 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VTAFIG. B THE AIR AT NEWARKTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE 73.0 FDEW POINT 66.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 79 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 POINTTITLENewark, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VTATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VTA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Newark, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VTAFIG. C THE WIND AT NEWARKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENewark, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VTATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VTA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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