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Somerset, Ohio

Village in Perry County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Somerset

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Columbus (OH), 38 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate-
  • Ozone22Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Somerset

None in the last 24 hours; 0.38 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.38in

Visibility

How far you can see at Somerset, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 10 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Somerset, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

NewarkVTA

At an airfield/17.4 mi away/879 ft/185 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank250of 1,590

measured daily2 instruments

Rushville 3.6 ESEOH-PY-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/998 ft/66 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Newark, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.4 mi from Somerset, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Newark, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VTAFIG. A THE SKY OVER NEWARKSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLENewark, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VTATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VTA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

72.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Newark: temperature 72.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 71 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VTAFIG. B THE AIR AT NEWARKTHE 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 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.6 FTEMPERATURE 72.0 FDEW POINT 62.0 FSPREAD 10.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 71 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 POINTTITLENewark, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VTATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VTA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Newark, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 8 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 VTAFIG. C THE WIND AT NEWARKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENewark, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VTATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VTA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Ohio

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

Near Somerset

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

Near Somerset

River and lake gauges