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Payne, Ohio

Village in Paulding County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Payne

Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Fort Wayne (IN), 22 miles off.

55Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate-
  • Ozone13Good16 ppb17.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Payne

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.18 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.18in

Visibility

How far you can see at Payne, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Payne, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Payne 5.2 SOH-PL-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/756 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank788of 1,590

PauldingPAUO1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.7 mi away/722 ft/26 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,019of 1,590

Station report

The weather at Van Wert County, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.0 mi from Payne, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,500 ft, broken at 2,200 ft, overcast at 2,900 ft; the ceiling is 1,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Van Wert County, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, the ceiling at 1,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VNWFIG. A THE SKY OVER VAN WERT COUNTYSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEVan Wert County, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VNWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VNW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 71.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Van Wert County: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 71.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VNWFIG. B THE AIR AT VAN WERT COUNTYTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 71.6 F, 71.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEVan Wert County, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VNWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VNW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Van Wert County, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VNWFIG. C THE WIND AT VAN WERT COUNTYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEVan Wert County, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VNWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VNW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Paulding (PAUO1), 7.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Ohio

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