Citizen station FW8463FW8463
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.2 mi away/1,089 ft/23 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 12 degrees cooler: a high of 52° after 64° today.
Now. Highland is 71° and mostly clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 9 mph, gusting to 22 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 51° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 8 AM, with some cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 54): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is possible tomorrow (34%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:54 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:51 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 10 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Highland, Ohio.
Air quality
Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Dayton (OH), 43 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 41, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.23 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 9 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Highland, OhioReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Highland, 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
Citizen station FW8463FW8463
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.2 mi away/1,089 ft/23 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
25-Highland County GarageOH025
Beside a road/6.4 mi away/1,100 ft/34 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
WilmingtonILN
At an airfield/13.0 mi away/1,056 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Chillicothe RainfallCHEO1
At a river or reservoir gauge/33.0 mi away/627 ft/439 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Leesburg 0.3 WSWOH-HG-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/999 ft/67 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HillsboroHILO1
At a cooperative observer's station/10.0 mi away/1,086 ft/20 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 13.0 mi from Highland, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Scattered at 11,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
73.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 11,000 ft.
From the southwest (220 degrees) at 14 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Wilmington, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.