Citizen station FW0532FW0532
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/946 ft/46 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Now. Laura is 68° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the west-southwest at 9 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 51° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is possible tomorrow (31%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:57 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:52 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 9 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Laura, Ohio.
Air quality
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Dayton (OH), 20 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 41, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
0.19 in in the last 24 hours, 0.52 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 7 miles Fri 8 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Laura, OhioReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Laura, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station FW0532FW0532
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/946 ft/46 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Stillwater River at Pleasant Hill03265000
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.2 mi away/846 ft/146 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
DaytonDAY
At an airfield/11.7 mi away/1,001 ft/9 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
52-IR70 MM 16OH044
Beside a road/11.8 mi away/1,040 ft/48 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
West Milton 1.7 NWOH-MM-27
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/975 ft/17 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Pleasant HillPLHO1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.9 mi away/919 ft/73 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 11.7 mi from Laura, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
A few clouds at 1,700 ft, broken at 6,000 ft, overcast at 11,000 ft; the ceiling is 6,000 ft; visibility 9 mi.
70.0 F with a dew point of 67.0 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 1,700 ft.
From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.
The full report of Dayton, 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.