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Helena, Ohio

Village in Sandusky County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Helena

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Toledo (OH), 25 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate24.8 mi
  • Ozone15Good17 ppb16.9 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)17Good24.8 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Helena

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.94 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.94in

Visibility

How far you can see at Helena, the next 41 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Helena, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

FremontS24

At an airfield/13.5 mi away/659 ft/36 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank764of 1,590

measured daily2 instruments

Burgoon 2.4 EOH-SD-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.7 mi away/678 ft/17 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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FremontFREO1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.1 mi away/587 ft/108 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,260of 1,590

Station report

The weather at Fremont, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.5 mi from Helena, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:37 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,500 ft, overcast at 3,800 ft; the ceiling is 2,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fremont, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,800 feet, the ceiling at 2,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S24FIG. A THE SKY OVER FREMONTSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFremont, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS S24TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S24-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

73.4 F with a dew point of 69.8 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Fremont: temperature 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.8, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S24FIG. B THE AIR AT FREMONTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 68.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,500 FTTEMPERATURE 73.4 FDEW POINT 69.8 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLEFremont, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS S24TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S24-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fremont, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S24FIG. C THE WIND AT FREMONTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFremont, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS S24TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S24-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fremont, 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.

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