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Thurston, Ohio

Village in Fairfield County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Thurston

Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Columbus (OH), 25 miles off.

56Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate-
  • Ozone16Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)44Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 46 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 Thurston

None in the last 24 hours; 0.35 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.35in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Thurston, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

LancasterLHQ

At an airfield/8.4 mi away/853 ft/29 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank345of 1,590

measured daily2 instruments

Pleasantville 2.7 NEOH-FF-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/998 ft/116 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Buckeye LakeBKLO1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/902 ft/20 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank23of 1,590

Station report

The weather at Lancaster, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.4 mi from Thurston, Ohio. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:11 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 700 ft; the ceiling is 700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lancaster, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 700 feet, the ceiling at 700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LHQFIG. A THE SKY OVER LANCASTERSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELancaster, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LHQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LHQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

70.0 F with a dew point of 68.0 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 700 ft.

Chart of the air at Lancaster: temperature 70.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 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 700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LHQFIG. B THE AIR AT LANCASTERTHE 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 67.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 70.0 F, 68.0 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 POINTTITLELancaster, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LHQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LHQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Lancaster, north up: at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LHQFIG. C THE WIND AT LANCASTERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELancaster, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LHQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LHQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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