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Obetz, Ohio

Village in Franklin County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Obetz

Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Columbus (OH), 8 miles off.

55Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate-
  • Ozone18Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)35Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 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 Obetz

None in the last 24 hours; 0.12 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.12in

Visibility

How far you can see at Obetz, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 2 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Obetz, 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

measured daily2 instruments

Columbus 6.5 SOH-FR-71

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/740 ft/11 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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LockbourneCNSO1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.7 mi away/692 ft/59 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank762of 1,590

Station report

The weather at Rickenbacker Ang, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.5 mi from Obetz, Ohio. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 700 ft; the ceiling is 700 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Rickenbacker Ang, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 700 feet, the ceiling at 700 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LCKFIG. A THE SKY OVER RICKENBACKER ANGSECTION, 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 700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLERickenbacker Ang, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LCKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LCK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 67.3 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 700 ft.

Chart of the air at Rickenbacker Ang: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.3, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LCKFIG. B THE AIR AT RICKENBACKER ANGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 69.0 F, 67.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLERickenbacker Ang, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LCKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LCK-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 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Rickenbacker Ang, north up: blowing from 180 degrees, the south, at 12 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 LCKFIG. C THE WIND AT RICKENBACKER ANGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 180°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERickenbacker Ang, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LCKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LCK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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