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Canal Winchester, Ohio

City in Franklin County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Canal Winchester

Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Columbus (OH), 14 miles off.

55Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate-
  • Ozone28Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)21Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Canal Winchester

None in the last 24 hours; 0.21 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.21in

Visibility

How far you can see at Canal Winchester, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Canal Winchester, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Canal Winchester 0.5 SSEOH-FR-197

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/763 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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LockbourneCNSO1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.9 mi away/692 ft/70 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank762of 1,590

Station report

The weather at Rickenbacker Ang, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.2 mi from Canal Winchester, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,900 ft; the ceiling is 2,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Rickenbacker Ang, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, the ceiling at 2,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LCKFIG. A THE SKY OVER RICKENBACKER ANGSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERickenbacker Ang, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LCKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LCK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

71.4 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Rickenbacker Ang: temperature 71.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LCKFIG. B THE AIR AT RICKENBACKER ANGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,900 FTTEMPERATURE 71.4 FDEW POINT 64.0 FSPREAD 7.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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 POINTTITLERickenbacker Ang, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LCKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LCK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rickenbacker Ang, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LCKFIG. C THE WIND AT RICKENBACKER ANGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERickenbacker Ang, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LCKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LCK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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