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Kettering, Ohio

City in Montgomery County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Kettering

Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Dayton (OH), 5 miles off.

55Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate-
  • Ozone21Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)22Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Kettering

None in the last 24 hours; 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.05in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 8 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Kettering, 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

DaytonGDK

At an airfield/8.1 mi away/925 ft/71 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank247of 1,590

measured daily2 instruments

DaytonDAYO1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.3 mi away/742 ft/254 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Dayton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.1 mi from Kettering, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 300 ft, a few clouds at 3,700 ft, overcast at 4,800 ft; the ceiling is 4,800 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Dayton, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 300 feet, a few clouds cloud with its base at 3,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, the ceiling at 4,800 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GDKFIG. A THE SKY OVER DAYTONSECTION, 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 SKYFEW 3,700 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 300 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLEDayton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GDKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GDK-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 300 ft.

Chart of the air at Dayton: 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 300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GDKFIG. B THE AIR AT DAYTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 68.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 300 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 POINTTITLEDayton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GDKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GDK-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 12 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Dayton, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GDKFIG. C THE WIND AT DAYTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDayton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GDKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GDK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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