Blanchard River below Mt. Blanchard04188337
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.6 mi away/806 ft/73 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Now. Wharton is 70° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Moderate breeze from the south-southwest at 14 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 71° by 2 AM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Air quality is moderate (index 59): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:52 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:45 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 7 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Wharton, Ohio.
Air quality
Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lima (OH), 32 miles off.
Yesterday measured 60, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.41 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 2 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Wharton, OhioReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Wharton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Blanchard River below Mt. Blanchard04188337
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.6 mi away/806 ft/73 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
US30 @ SR68 (Hancock County D1)OH173
Beside a road/10.1 mi away/953 ft/74 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
FindlayFDY
At an airfield/15.0 mi away/810 ft/69 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW2591GW2591
In a volunteer observer's own ground/18.2 mi away/793 ft/86 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Vanlue 0.4 SSEOH-HC-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.7 mi away/828 ft/51 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Findlay WpccFDYO1
At a cooperative observer's station/16.6 mi away/768 ft/111 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 15.0 mi from Wharton, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:09 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 1,400 ft; the ceiling is 1,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
72.0 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,400 ft.
From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.
The full report of Findlay, 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.