Rain gage at Melrose410531084242700
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Now. Oakwood is 70° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Moderate breeze from the west-southwest at 14 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 51° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. Air quality is moderate (index 58): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:56 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:48 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 7 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in Oakwood, Ohio.
Air quality
Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Lima (OH), 28 miles off.
Yesterday measured 54, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.29 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Oakwood, OhioReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Oakwood, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rain gage at Melrose410531084242700
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
4-US224 @ SR190OH004
Beside a road/11.5 mi away/734 ft/21 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
DefianceDFI
At an airfield/17.0 mi away/719 ft/6 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW4002FW4002
In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.0 mi away/776 ft/63 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Cloverdale 1.9 NOH-PN-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/715 ft/2 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PauldingPAUO1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.2 mi away/722 ft/9 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 17.0 mi from Oakwood, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Broken at 1,500 ft, overcast at 2,200 ft; the ceiling is 1,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
72.0 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.
From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.
The full report of Defiance, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Paulding (PAUO1), 11.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. 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.