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Rocky River, Ohio

City in Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Rocky River

Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Cleveland-Akron-Lorain (OH), 23 miles off.

56Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate-
  • Ozone23Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)23Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 38, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Rocky River

None in the last 24 hours; 0.37 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
0.37in

Visibility

How far you can see at Rocky River, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Rocky River, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ClevelandCLE

At an airfield/4.4 mi away/778 ft/81 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 1,590

measured daily2 instruments

Fairview Park 0.5 WNWOH-CY-70

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/724 ft/27 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Elyria 4 SELYO1

At a cooperative observer's station/18.3 mi away/771 ft/74 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,261of 1,590

Station report

The weather at Cleveland, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.4 mi from Rocky River, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:25 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,500 ft, broken at 2,300 ft, overcast at 3,700 ft; the ceiling is 2,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Cleveland, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,700 feet, the ceiling at 2,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CLEFIG. A THE SKY OVER CLEVELANDSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECleveland, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CLETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CLE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Cleveland: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CLEFIG. B THE AIR AT CLEVELANDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,500 FTTEMPERATURE 69.0 FDEW POINT 66.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLECleveland, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CLETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CLE-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 15 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Cleveland, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CLEFIG. C THE WIND AT CLEVELANDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECleveland, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CLETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CLE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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