Citizen station EW6224EW6224
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/1,124 ft/40 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 13 degrees cooler: a high of 52° after 65° today.
Now. Hartford (Croton) is 70° and partly cloudy at 2 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the southwest at 7 mph, gusting to 21 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 51° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 6 AM, with some cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 55): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (54%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:50 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:44 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 9 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Hartford (Croton), Ohio.
Air quality
Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Columbus (OH), 23 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
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.
Visibility
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Hartford (Croton), OhioReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Hartford (Croton), how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station EW6224EW6224
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/1,124 ft/40 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Rain gage at Sunbury401410082510500
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.6 mi away/948 ft/216 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mount Vernon4I3
At an airfield/10.6 mi away/1,191 ft/27 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
63-IR71 MM 139OH055
Beside a road/12.1 mi away/1,070 ft/94 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Hartford 0.0 NNWOH-LC-35
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,170 ft/6 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Centerburg 2 SECTRO1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.7 mi away/1,204 ft/40 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 10.6 mi from Hartford (Croton), Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
A few clouds at 2,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
69.8 F with a dew point of 69.8 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,700 ft.
From the southwest (230 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.
The full report of Mount Vernon, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Centerburg 2 SE (CTRO1), 4.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.