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Dresden, Ohio

Village in Muskingum County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Dresden

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Columbus (OH), 52 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate-
  • Ozone22Good30 ppb22.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 41 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 Dresden

None in the last 24 hours; 0.31 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.31in

Visibility

How far you can see at Dresden, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Dresden, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Blue RockBLRO1

At a river or reservoir gauge/8.8 mi away/840 ft/102 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank301of 1,590

ZanesvilleZZV

At an airfield/13.9 mi away/879 ft/141 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2of 1,590

measured daily2 instruments

Dresden 0.5 WNWOH-MK-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/752 ft/14 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Warsaw 6WSWWRWO1

At a cooperative observer's station/12.2 mi away/889 ft/151 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank208of 1,590

Station report

The weather at Zanesville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.9 mi from Dresden, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Zanesville, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ZZVFIG. A THE SKY OVER ZANESVILLESECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEZanesville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ZZVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ZZV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

70.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Zanesville: temperature 70.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ZZVFIG. B THE AIR AT ZANESVILLETHE 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 F80 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.0 FTEMPERATURE 70.0 FDEW POINT 66.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEZanesville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ZZVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ZZV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Zanesville, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ZZVFIG. C THE WIND AT ZANESVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEZanesville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ZZVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ZZV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Warsaw 6WSW (WRWO1), 12.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Ohio

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Near Dresden

River and lake gauges