Scioto River at La Rue03217500
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.5 mi away/910 ft/13 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 52° after 61° today.
Now. La Rue is 71° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Moderate breeze from the west-southwest at 13 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 50° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Air quality is moderate (index 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is possible tomorrow (41%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:52 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:45 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 8 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in La Rue, Ohio.
Air quality
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Lima (OH), 38 miles off.
Yesterday measured 54, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over La Rue, OhioReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest La Rue, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Scioto River at La Rue03217500
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.5 mi away/910 ft/13 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/12.7 mi away/975 ft/52 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
KentonI95
At an airfield/13.9 mi away/1,017 ft/94 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station EW8138EW8138
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.3 mi away/980 ft/57 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
New Bloomington 0.9 WOH-MR-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/940 ft/17 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
KentonKENO1
At a cooperative observer's station/12.0 mi away/965 ft/42 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 13.9 mi from La Rue, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Scattered at 300 ft, broken at 2,000 ft, overcast at 3,600 ft; the ceiling is 2,000 ft; visibility 1.75 mi.
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 300 ft.
From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.
The full report of Kenton, 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.