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Hicksville, Ohio

Village in Defiance County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Hicksville

Index 20, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Fort Wayne (IN), 25 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good-
  • Ozone6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hicksville

0.25 in in the last 24 hours, 0.70 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.25in
Last 3 days
0.70in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Hicksville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

DefianceDFI

At an airfield/17.7 mi away/719 ft/45 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank217of 1,590

measured daily2 instruments

HicksvilleHICO1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.1 mi away/791 ft/27 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Antwerp 1.6 NWOH-PL-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.9 mi away/737 ft/27 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Defiance, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.7 mi from Hicksville, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:26 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,600 ft; the ceiling is 1,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Defiance, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, the ceiling at 1,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DFIFIG. A THE SKY OVER DEFIANCESECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDefiance, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DFITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DFI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.0 F with a dew point of 56.0 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 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Defiance: temperature 60.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.0, 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 1,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DFIFIG. B THE AIR AT DEFIANCETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE 60.0 FDEW POINT 56.0 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 POINTTITLEDefiance, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DFITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DFI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Defiance, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, 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 DFIFIG. C THE WIND AT DEFIANCEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDefiance, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DFITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DFI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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