Great Miami River at Sidney03261500
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.3 mi away/924 ft/38 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Now. Port Jefferson is 60° and overcast at 8 AM. The dew point is 55°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 50° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Air quality is moderate (index 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:55 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:49 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 day is 11 hours 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 AM in Port Jefferson, Ohio.
Air quality
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Lima (OH), 31 miles off.
Yesterday measured 54, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
0.19 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 12 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Port Jefferson, OhioReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Port Jefferson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Great Miami River at Sidney03261500
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.3 mi away/924 ft/38 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/9.9 mi away/984 ft/22 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/14.6 mi away/1,122 ft/160 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW7006FW7006
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.8 mi away/950 ft/12 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Sidney 2.9 NNEOH-SH-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/1,022 ft/60 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Sidney 1 SSIDO1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/938 ft/24 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 14.6 mi from Port Jefferson, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
A few clouds at 2,000 ft, scattered at 4,300 ft, broken at 6,500 ft; the ceiling is 6,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
57.2 F with a dew point of 57.2 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,000 ft.
From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.
The full report of Bellefontaine, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.