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Franklin, Ohio

City in Warren County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Franklin

Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Dayton (OH), 15 miles off.

42Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good14.6 mi
  • Ozone22Good8 ppb5.9 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good14.6 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb8.2 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Franklin

None in the last 24 hours; 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.07in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 9 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Franklin, 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

DaytonMGY

At an airfield/4.2 mi away/948 ft/200 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank14of 1,590

measured daily2 instruments

Franklin 0.5 NOH-WR-62

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/727 ft/21 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Franklin MCDFRKO1

At a cooperative observer's station/1.2 mi away/673 ft/75 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Dayton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.2 mi from Franklin, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:23 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,300 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Dayton, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGYFIG. 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDayton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MGYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

61.0 F with a dew point of 57.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Dayton: temperature 61.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.0, 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGYFIG. 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE 61.0 FDEW POINT 57.0 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 POINTTITLEDayton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MGYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Dayton, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGYFIG. C THE WIND AT DAYTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDayton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MGYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGY-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

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Snow on the ground

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