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Powell, Ohio

City in Delaware County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Powell

Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Columbus (OH), 13 miles off.

56Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate-
  • Ozone18Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)35Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.

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 Powell

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.61 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.61in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 1 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Powell, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

WestervileWRVO1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.4 mi away/810 ft/119 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank215of 1,590

Station report

The weather at Columbus/St Univ, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.1 mi from Powell, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 600 ft, scattered at 4,600 ft, broken at 12,000 ft; the ceiling is 12,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Columbus/St Univ, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 600 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 4,600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, the ceiling at 12,000 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OSUFIG. A THE SKY OVER COLUMBUS/ST UNIVSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 12,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,600 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 600 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEColumbus/St Univ, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OSUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OSU-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

69.0 F with a dew point of 67.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Columbus/St Univ: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OSUFIG. B THE AIR AT COLUMBUS/ST UNIVTHE 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 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 69.0 F, 67.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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/St Univ, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OSUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OSU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Columbus/St Univ, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 9 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 OSUFIG. C THE WIND AT COLUMBUS/ST UNIVPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEColumbus/St Univ, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OSUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OSU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Westervile (WRVO1), 7.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 17:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Ohio

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Near Powell

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