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Salem, Ohio

City in Columbiana County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Salem

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Youngstown (OH), 23 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone15Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Salem

0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 0.58 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.11in
Last 3 days
0.58in

Visibility

How far you can see at Salem, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 8 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Salem, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

YoungstownYNG

At an airfield/26.0 mi away/1,181 ft/63 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 1,590

measured daily2 instruments

Salem 0.5 SSEOH-CB-38

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/1,252 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Youngstown, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 26.0 mi from Salem, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:18 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,400 ft, overcast at 3,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,400 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Youngstown, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, the ceiling at 1,400 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT YNGFIG. A THE SKY OVER YOUNGSTOWNSECTION, 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 3,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLEYoungstown, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS YNGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-YNG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 56.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Youngstown: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT YNGFIG. B THE AIR AT YOUNGSTOWNTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.0 F, 56.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLEYoungstown, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS YNGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-YNG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (270 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Youngstown, north up: blowing from 270 degrees, the west, at 10 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 YNGFIG. C THE WIND AT YOUNGSTOWNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 270°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEYoungstown, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS YNGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-YNG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Berlin Lake Dam (BERO1), 12.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Ohio

24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Salem

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Salem

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