Beside a road/2.0 mi away/1,043 ft/37 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 1 AM (64%).
Now. Mount Vernon is 66° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the south at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 70° by 2 AM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 6 AM, with some cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 55): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (64%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:49 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:42 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 12:00 AM in Mount Vernon, Ohio.
Air quality
Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Columbus (OH), 39 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 1 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Mount Vernon, OhioReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 7 instruments nearest Mount Vernon, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Beside a road/2.0 mi away/1,043 ft/37 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station GW3467GW3467
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/1,159 ft/153 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Mount Vernon4I3
At an airfield/5.2 mi away/1,191 ft/185 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
North Fork Licking River at Newark03146277
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.5 mi away/827 ft/179 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Wooster 3 SSE54856
At a climate reference station/39.0 mi away/1,102 ft/96 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Mount Vernon 0.2 WNWOH-KN-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/1,015 ft/9 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Centerburg 2 SECTRO1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.3 mi away/1,204 ft/198 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 5.2 mi from Mount Vernon, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 400 ft; the ceiling is 400 ft; visibility 5 mi.
66.2 F with a dew point of 66.2 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 400 ft.
From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Mount Vernon, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Centerburg 2 SE (CTRO1), 11.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.