4-US224 @ SR190OH004
Beside a road/3.1 mi away/734 ft/16 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Now. Fort Jennings is 71° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the west-southwest at 12 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 51° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Air quality is moderate (index 58): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:55 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:48 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in Fort Jennings, Ohio.
Air quality
Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Lima (OH), 16 miles off.
Yesterday measured 54, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Fort Jennings, OhioReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Fort Jennings, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
4-US224 @ SR190OH004
Beside a road/3.1 mi away/734 ft/16 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Ottawa River near Kalida04188100
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.8 mi away/701 ft/49 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW8774FW8774
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.8 mi away/841 ft/91 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/16.8 mi away/776 ft/26 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Delphos 2.3 ESEOH-AL-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/783 ft/33 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Van Wert 1 SVNWO1
At a cooperative observer's station/15.3 mi away/787 ft/37 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 16.8 mi from Fort Jennings, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Broken at 1,700 ft, broken at 3,700 ft, overcast at 4,700 ft; the ceiling is 1,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
71.6 F with a dew point of 71.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,700 ft.
From the west (260 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.
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
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.