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Lafayette, Ohio

Village in Allen County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Lafayette

Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lima (OH), 5 miles off.

59Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate-
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 60, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lafayette

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.09in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lafayette, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

LimaAOH

At an airfield/5.4 mi away/971 ft/46 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank289of 1,590

measured daily2 instruments

Ada 3.0 WOH-AL-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/817 ft/108 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank72of 1,590

Lima WWTPLIMO1

At a water treatment plant/9.8 mi away/850 ft/75 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Lima, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.4 mi from Lafayette, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:05 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 900 ft, overcast at 1,200 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Lima, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, the ceiling at 900 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AOHFIG. A THE SKY OVER LIMASECTION, 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 1,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLELima, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AOHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AOH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

71.0 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Lima: temperature 71.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AOHFIG. B THE AIR AT LIMATHE 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 900 FTTEMPERATURE 71.0 FDEW POINT 68.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLELima, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AOHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AOH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lima, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AOHFIG. C THE WIND AT LIMAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELima, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AOHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AOH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Lima WWTP (LIMO1), 9.8 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

Elsewhere in Ohio

24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Lafayette

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Lafayette

River and lake gauges