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Elgin, Ohio

Village in Van Wert County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Elgin

Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lima (OH), 22 miles off.

55Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 60, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Elgin

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

How far you can see at Elgin, the next 46 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Elgin, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Spencerville 0.3 SSEOH-AL-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.0 mi away/840 ft/25 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Van Wert 1 SVNWO1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.3 mi away/787 ft/28 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank727of 1,590

Station report

The weather at Van Wert County, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.1 mi from Elgin, Ohio. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,300 ft, scattered at 2,600 ft, scattered at 4,800 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Van Wert County, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, and visibility of 6 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VNWFIG. A THE SKY OVER VAN WERT COUNTYSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 4,800 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,600 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,300 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 6 MI0510TITLEVan Wert County, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VNWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VNW-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 69.8 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Van Wert County: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.8, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VNWFIG. B THE AIR AT VAN WERT COUNTYTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 69.8 F, 69.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEVan Wert County, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VNWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VNW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Van Wert County, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 9 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 VNWFIG. C THE WIND AT VAN WERT COUNTYPLAN, 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 BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEVan Wert County, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VNWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VNW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near Elgin

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Near Elgin

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