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Petersburg, Ohio

Community in Mahoning County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Petersburg

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Youngstown (OH), 24 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate15.8 mi
  • Ozone13Good1 ppb15.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 44 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 Petersburg

None in the last 24 hours; 0.36 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.36in

Visibility

How far you can see at Petersburg, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 2 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Petersburg, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

YoungstownYNG

At an airfield/24.9 mi away/1,181 ft/35 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 1,590

measured daily2 instruments

East Palestine 0.0 NEOH-CB-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/1,043 ft/103 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Warren 3 SWARO1

At a cooperative observer's station/24.8 mi away/860 ft/286 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Youngstown, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.9 mi from Petersburg, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:51 AM 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 Youngstown, 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 YNGFIG. A THE SKY OVER YOUNGSTOWNSECTION, 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 MI0510TITLEYoungstown, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS YNGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-YNG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Youngstown: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT YNGFIG. B THE AIR AT YOUNGSTOWNTHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 63.0 F, 62.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEYoungstown, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS YNGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-YNG-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 Youngstown, 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 YNGFIG. C THE WIND AT YOUNGSTOWNPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEYoungstown, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS YNGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-YNG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Youngstown, 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 Petersburg

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

Near Petersburg

River and lake gauges