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Grafton, Ohio

Village in Lorain County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Grafton

Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Cleveland-Akron-Lorain (OH), 33 miles off.

56Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate-
  • Ozone22Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)20Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 38, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Grafton

None in the last 24 hours; 0.54 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.54in

Visibility

How far you can see at Grafton, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Grafton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Elyria 4 SELYO1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.8 mi away/771 ft/41 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,261of 1,590

Station report

The weather at Lorain/Elyria, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.9 mi from Grafton, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:37 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 1,900 ft, broken at 3,700 ft, overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 3,700 ft; visibility 2 mi.

Section of the sky over Lorain/Elyria, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 3,700 feet, and visibility of 2 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LPRFIG. A THE SKY OVER LORAIN/ELYRIASECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 5,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 1,900 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 2 MI0510TITLELorain/Elyria, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LPRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LPR-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 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 1,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Lorain/Elyria: 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 1,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LPRFIG. B THE AIR AT LORAIN/ELYRIATHE 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 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 1,900 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 POINTTITLELorain/Elyria, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LPRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LPR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (260 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lorain/Elyria, north up: blowing from 260 degrees, the west, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LPRFIG. C THE WIND AT LORAIN/ELYRIAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 260°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELorain/Elyria, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LPRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LPR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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