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New Albany, Ohio

City in Franklin County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at New Albany

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Columbus (OH), 11 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at New Albany

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.26in

Visibility

How far you can see at New Albany, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 2 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest New Albany, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

ColumbusCMH

At an airfield/7.2 mi away/810 ft/209 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank15of 1,590

measured daily2 instruments

Westerville 3.4 ESEOH-FR-109

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/1,001 ft/18 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Columbus, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.2 mi from New Albany, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 5,000 ft, scattered at 10,000 ft, broken at 17,000 ft; the ceiling is 17,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Columbus, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 17,000 feet, the ceiling at 17,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CMHFIG. A THE SKY OVER COLUMBUSSECTION, 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 STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 17,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 10,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 5,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 17,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEColumbus, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CMHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CMH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014, FB-SKY-010, FB-SKY-011, FB-SKY-012

The air

71.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Columbus: temperature 71.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CMHFIG. B THE AIR AT COLUMBUSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE 71.0 FDEW POINT 66.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLEColumbus, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CMHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CMH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Columbus, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CMHFIG. C THE WIND AT COLUMBUSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEColumbus, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CMHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CMH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near New Albany

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