Rain Gage at Long Lake Feeder O&E Canal410121081330301
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.8 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 3 PM, the chance peaking at 61% around 8 PM.
Now. Portage Lakes is 63° and overcast at 11 AM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 9 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 40° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:44 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:36 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 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 AM in Portage Lakes, Ohio.
Air quality
Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 AM from its reporting area, Canton and Massillon (OH), 15 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 34, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.47 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 4 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Portage Lakes, OhioReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 7 instruments nearest Portage Lakes, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.
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Rain Gage at Long Lake Feeder O&E Canal410121081330301
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.8 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
126-Killian Rd. Over I-77OH116
Beside a road/1.9 mi away/1,123 ft/122 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station GW3676GW3676
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/1,160 ft/159 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
AkronAKR
At an airfield/4.1 mi away/1,066 ft/65 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Wooster 3 SSE54856
At a climate reference station/26.0 mi away/1,102 ft/101 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Akron 6.1 SSEOH-SM-49
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/1,036 ft/35 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Norton 3NENRBO1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.8 mi away/974 ft/27 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 4.1 mi from Portage Lakes, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:33 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Scattered at 1,900 ft, broken at 2,700 ft, overcast at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
63.0 F with a dew point of 58.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,900 ft.
From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.
The full report of Akron, 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.