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Gratis, Ohio

Village in Preble County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Gratis

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Dayton (OH), 20 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-
  • Ozone23Good-
  • 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 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Gratis

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.13 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.13in

Visibility

How far you can see at Gratis, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Gratis, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MiddletownMWO

At an airfield/10.7 mi away/650 ft/225 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank685of 1,590

measured daily2 instruments

Farmersville 0.8 ENEOH-MY-71

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/828 ft/47 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Germantown DamGRMO1

At a dam/6.8 mi away/738 ft/137 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Middletown, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.7 mi from Gratis, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,200 ft, broken at 2,700 ft, overcast at 4,800 ft; the ceiling is 2,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Middletown, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, the ceiling at 2,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MWOFIG. A THE SKY OVER MIDDLETOWNSECTION, 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 4,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,200 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMiddletown, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MWOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MWO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 66.2 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Middletown: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.2, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MWOFIG. B THE AIR AT MIDDLETOWNTHE 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 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 66.2 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLEMiddletown, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MWOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MWO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Middletown, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MWOFIG. C THE WIND AT MIDDLETOWNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMiddletown, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MWOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MWO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Ohio

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

Near Gratis

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

Near Gratis

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