US32 @ Pike & County Line (D)OH171
Beside a road/7.0 mi away/1,117 ft/469 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Coming up. Tomorrow is 15 degrees cooler: a high of 55° after 70° today.
Now. Rarden is 71° and partly cloudy at 3 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 7 mph, gusting to 18 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 52° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is possible tomorrow (35%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:53 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:51 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 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Rarden, Ohio.
Air quality
Index 40, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Ashland (KY), 45 miles off.
Yesterday measured 34, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.64 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 1 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Rarden, OhioReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Rarden, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
US32 @ Pike & County Line (D)OH171
Beside a road/7.0 mi away/1,117 ft/469 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Friendship - Shawnee RAWSSHRO1
A remote fire weather station/16.0 mi away/1,181 ft/533 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
PortsmouthPMH
At an airfield/21.9 mi away/656 ft/8 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW8031GW8031
In a volunteer observer's own ground/30.5 mi away/791 ft/143 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lucasville 5.9 WNWOH-SC-17
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.9 mi away/730 ft/82 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PeeblesPEEO1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.6 mi away/810 ft/162 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 21.9 mi from Rarden, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Broken at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 10,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
69.8 F with a dew point of 69.8 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 10,000 ft.
From the south (180 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Portsmouth, 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.