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Canton, Ohio

City in Stark County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Canton

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Canton and Massillon (OH), 4 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
  • Ozone14Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Canton

None in the last 24 hours; 0.71 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.71in

Visibility

How far you can see at Canton, the next 44 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Fri 1 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Canton, 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 now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Canton 1.2 NWOH-ST-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/1,112 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Norton 3NENRBO1

At a cooperative observer's station/20.6 mi away/974 ft/136 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Akron / Canton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.6 mi from Canton, Ohio. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:51 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 400 ft; the ceiling is 400 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Akron / Canton, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 400 feet, the ceiling at 400 feet, and visibility of 6 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CAKFIG. A THE SKY OVER AKRON / CANTONSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 6 MI0510TITLEAkron / Canton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CAKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CAK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 400 ft.

Chart of the air at Akron / Canton: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CAKFIG. B THE AIR AT AKRON / CANTONTHE 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 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 63.0 F, 61.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEAkron / Canton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CAKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CAK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Akron / Canton, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, 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 CAKFIG. C THE WIND AT AKRON / CANTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAkron / Canton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CAKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CAK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Ohio

24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Canton

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Canton

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