Storm Station
Sign in

Fort McKinley, Ohio

Community in Montgomery County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Fort McKinley

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Dayton (OH), 4 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate-
  • Ozone22Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fort McKinley

0.05 in in the last 24 hours, 0.13 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.05in
Last 3 days
0.13in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fort McKinley, the next 42 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fort McKinley, 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

DaytonDAY

At an airfield/7.2 mi away/1,001 ft/45 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank272of 1,590

measured daily2 instruments

Fort Mckinley 0.3 ENEOH-MY-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/978 ft/22 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

DaytonDAYO1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.1 mi away/742 ft/214 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Dayton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.2 mi from Fort McKinley, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 5,500 ft, overcast at 18,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Dayton, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 18,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DAYFIG. A THE SKY OVER DAYTONSECTION, 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 STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 18,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 5,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDayton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DAYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DAY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014, FB-SKY-010, FB-SKY-011, FB-SKY-012

The air

70.0 F with a dew point of 68.0 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 5,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Dayton: temperature 70.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 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 5,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DAYFIG. B THE AIR AT DAYTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.5 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 5,500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 70.0 F, 68.0 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 POINTTITLEDayton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DAYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DAY-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 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Dayton, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DAYFIG. C THE WIND AT DAYTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDayton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DAYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DAY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

-

Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Ohio

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

Near Fort McKinley

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

Near Fort McKinley

River and lake gauges