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Pickerington, Ohio

City in Fairfield County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Pickerington

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Columbus (OH), 13 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 42 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 Pickerington

None in the last 24 hours; 0.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.30in

Visibility

How far you can see at Pickerington, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Pickerington, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

ColumbusCMH

At an airfield/9.4 mi away/810 ft/30 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank15of 1,590

measured daily2 instruments

Pickerington 0.7 SSWOH-FF-21

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/828 ft/12 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Kirkersville 3NKIKO1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.6 mi away/1,063 ft/223 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank25of 1,590

Station report

The weather at Columbus, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.4 mi from Pickerington, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 5,000 ft, broken at 11,000 ft, overcast at 16,000 ft; the ceiling is 11,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Columbus, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 11,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 16,000 feet, the ceiling at 11,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CMHFIG. A THE SKY OVER COLUMBUSSECTION, 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 STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 16,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 11,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 5,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 11,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEColumbus, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CMHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CMH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

71.0 F with a dew point of 67.0 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 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Columbus: temperature 71.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CMHFIG. B THE AIR AT COLUMBUSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE 71.0 FDEW POINT 67.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEColumbus, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CMHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CMH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Columbus, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CMHFIG. C THE WIND AT COLUMBUSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEColumbus, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CMHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CMH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Kirkersville 3N (KIKO1), 11.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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