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North Canton, Ohio

City in Stark County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at North Canton

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Canton and Massillon (OH), 6 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
  • Ozone15Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at North Canton

None in the last 24 hours; 0.41 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.41in

Visibility

How far you can see at North Canton, the next 46 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Fri 1 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

On the radar over North Canton, OhioReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest North Canton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Canton 1.2 NWOH-ST-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/1,112 ft/24 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Norton 3NENRBO1

At a cooperative observer's station/16.9 mi away/974 ft/162 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Akron / Canton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.7 mi from North Canton, Ohio. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:51 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 600 ft; the ceiling is 600 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Akron / Canton, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 600 feet, the ceiling at 600 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CAKFIG. A THE SKY OVER AKRON / CANTONSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLEAkron / Canton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CAKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CAK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.0 F with a dew point of 60.0 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 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Akron / Canton: temperature 62.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.0, 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 600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CAKFIG. B THE AIR AT AKRON / CANTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.0 F, 60.0 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 POINTTITLEAkron / Canton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CAKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CAK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (180 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Akron / Canton, north up: blowing from 180 degrees, the south, at 10 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 CAKFIG. C THE WIND AT AKRON / CANTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 180°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAkron / Canton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CAKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CAK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Ohio

24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near North Canton

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near North Canton

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