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New Straitsville, Ohio

Village in Perry County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at New Straitsville

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Parkersburg (WV), 41 miles off.

19Good
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at New Straitsville

None in the last 24 hours; 1.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at New Straitsville, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 11 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest New Straitsville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

LancasterLHQ

At an airfield/25.4 mi away/853 ft/49 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank345of 1,590

measured daily2 instruments

Logan 6.4 ESEOH-HK-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/757 ft/145 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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NelsonvilleNEVO1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.9 mi away/863 ft/39 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank725of 1,590

Station report

The weather at Lancaster, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 25.4 mi from New Straitsville, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:25 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,100 ft, broken at 5,000 ft, overcast at 7,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,000 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Lancaster, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, broken cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LHQFIG. A THE SKY OVER LANCASTERSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 7,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 5,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLELancaster, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LHQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LHQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 54.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Lancaster: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 54.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LHQFIG. B THE AIR AT LANCASTERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 56.0 F, 54.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLELancaster, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LHQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LHQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lancaster, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LHQFIG. C THE WIND AT LANCASTERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELancaster, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LHQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LHQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Ohio

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Near New Straitsville

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