Citizen station WX8TJG-WXWX8TJG-WX
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.6 mi away/1,186 ft/61 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 11 degrees cooler: a high of 52° after 63° today.
Now. Mount Gilead is 70° and mostly cloudy at 3 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 12 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 (48%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:50 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:43 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 8 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Mount Gilead, Ohio.
Air quality
Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Columbus (OH), 40 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Mount Gilead, OhioReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Mount Gilead, 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
Citizen station WX8TJG-WXWX8TJG-WX
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.6 mi away/1,186 ft/61 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
64-IR71 MM 158OH056
Beside a road/11.2 mi away/1,307 ft/182 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
MarionMNN
At an airfield/12.8 mi away/988 ft/137 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rain gage at Sunbury401410082510500
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.8 mi away/948 ft/177 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Mount Gilead 0.0 SSEOH-MW-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/1,125 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Galion Water WorksGALO1
At a cooperative observer's station/12.0 mi away/1,158 ft/33 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 12.8 mi from Mount Gilead, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:14 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Broken at 1,900 ft, broken at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
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 1,900 ft.
From the southwest (220 degrees) at 16 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.
The full report of Marion, 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.