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Columbus, Pennsylvania

Community in Warren County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Columbus

Index 13, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Erie (PA), 29 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone13Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Columbus

0.53 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.53in
Last 3 days
0.53in

Visibility

How far you can see at Columbus, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 3 PM.

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On the radar over Columbus, PennsylvaniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Columbus, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Filtration PlantUCYP1

At a water treatment plant/12.2 mi away/1,371 ft/69 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Erie INTL Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 31.9 mi from Columbus, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,800 ft, overcast at 3,200 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Erie INTL Airport, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,200 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ERIFIG. A THE SKY OVER ERIE INTL AIRPORTSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEErie INTL Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ERITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ERI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.0 F with a dew point of 57.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Erie INTL Airport: temperature 62.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.0, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ERIFIG. B THE AIR AT ERIE INTL AIRPORTTHE 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 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE 62.0 FDEW POINT 57.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLEErie INTL Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ERITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ERI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (260 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 30 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Erie INTL Airport, north up: blowing from 260 degrees, the west, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 30; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ERIFIG. C THE WIND AT ERIE INTL AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 260°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 30 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEErie INTL Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ERITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ERI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

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