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Castalia, Ohio

Village in Erie County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Castalia

Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Toledo (OH), 42 miles off.

56Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Castalia

0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 0.54 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.07in
Last 3 days
0.54in

Visibility

How far you can see at Castalia, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Castalia, 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

measured daily2 instruments

SanduskySANO1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.7 mi away/584 ft/53 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Port Clinton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.7 mi from Castalia, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,000 ft, overcast at 2,600 ft; the ceiling is 2,000 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Port Clinton, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, the ceiling at 2,000 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PCWFIG. A THE SKY OVER PORT CLINTONSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 2,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLEPort Clinton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PCWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PCW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

69.8 F with a dew point of 68.0 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 2,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Port Clinton: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PCWFIG. B THE AIR AT PORT CLINTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 69.8 F, 68.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEPort Clinton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PCWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PCW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Port Clinton, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PCWFIG. C THE WIND AT PORT CLINTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPort Clinton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PCWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PCW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Port Clinton, 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.

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Near Castalia

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