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Galion, Ohio

City in Crawford County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Galion

Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Columbus (OH), 52 miles off.

55Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate-
  • Ozone16Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)22Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Galion

None in the last 24 hours; 0.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.30in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Galion, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MansfieldMFD

At an airfield/15.4 mi away/1,296 ft/128 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank8of 1,590

measured daily2 instruments

Galion 0.5 WNWOH-CW-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/1,137 ft/31 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Mansfield, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.4 mi from Galion, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,700 ft, broken at 2,400 ft, overcast at 3,100 ft; the ceiling is 2,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mansfield, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,100 feet, the ceiling at 2,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MFDFIG. A THE SKY OVER MANSFIELDSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMansfield, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MFDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MFD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

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; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Mansfield: 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MFDFIG. B THE AIR AT MANSFIELDTHE 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 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,700 FTTEMPERATURE 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 POINTTITLEMansfield, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MFDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MFD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 33 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mansfield, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 33; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MFDFIG. C THE WIND AT MANSFIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 33 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMansfield, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MFDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MFD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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