Current weather · Sep 26, 5:16 AM EDT

39.9630, -82.9990

51°

Partly CloudyFeels like 51° · Humidity 84%NWS forecast for this hour; no recent station reportForecast by NWS Wilmington, OH · grid 85,81
High
71°
Low
51°
Rain today
0%
Sunrise
7:24 AM
Sunset
7:22 PM

Hour by hour

NWS forecast grid

Scroll sideways for more hours. Pick an hour for every number.

Every hour as a table48 hours
TimeWeatherTemperatureFeels likeDew pointHumidityChanceAmountSnowDirWindGustSky coverThunderPressureVisibilityCeiling
Sat 5 AM51°51°46°84%0%N5 mph12 mph26%—10 mi
Sat 6 AM50°48°46°85%0%N5 mph10 mph24%—10 mi
Sat 7 AM50°48°45°84%0%N5 mph10 mph28%—10 mi
Sat 8 AM50°48°45°84%0%N5 mph10 mph25%—10 mi
Sat 9 AM53°53°48°83%0%NNE5 mph10 mph16%—10 mi
Sat 10 AM58°58°50°76%0%NNE5 mph10 mph18%—10 mi
Sat 11 AM62°62°52°71%0%NNE6 mph12 mph8%—10 mi
Sat 12 PM64°64°53°67%0%NNE7 mph13 mph1%—10 mi
Sat 1 PM68°68°52°58%0%NNE8 mph14 mph4%—10 mi
Sat 2 PM69°69°53°56%0%NNE8 mph15 mph5%—10 mi
Sat 3 PM71°71°53°54%0%NNE9 mph16 mph4%—10 mi
Sat 4 PM71°71°54°55%0%N10 mph16 mph2%—10 mi
Sat 5 PM70°70°54°57%0%N10 mph17 mph16%—10 mi
Sat 6 PM69°69°54°59%0%N10 mph17 mph8%—10 mi
Sat 7 PM66°66°52°62%0%N9 mph17 mph2%—10 mi
Sat 8 PM61°61°51°71%0%N9 mph17 mph3%—10 mi
Sat 9 PM60°60°51°74%0%N8 mph16 mph8%—10 mi
Sat 10 PM59°59°51°75%0%N7 mph15 mph3%—10 mi
Sat 11 PM57°57°50°78%0%N6 mph13 mph10%—10 mi
Sun 12 AM56°56°50°81%0%N6 mph12 mph6%—10 mi
Sun 1 AM55°55°50°84%0%N5 mph12 mph7%—10 mi
Sun 2 AM54°54°50°86%0%N5 mph10 mph11%—10 mi
Sun 3 AM53°53°50°89%0%N5 mph10 mph17%—10 mi
Sun 4 AM52°52°50°91%0%N5 mph10 mph16%—10 mi
Sun 5 AM52°52°49°91%0%N5 mph12 mph21%—10 mi
Sun 6 AM52°52°50°96%0%NNW5 mph12 mph18%—10 mi
Sun 7 AM51°51°50°96%0%N6 mph13 mph28%—10 mi
Sun 8 AM52°52°51°96%0%N6 mph14 mph41%—10 mi
Sun 9 AM54°54°53°95%0%N7 mph14 mph37%—10 mi
Sun 10 AM59°59°54°85%0%NNW7 mph15 mph37%—10 mi
Sun 11 AM62°62°56°80%0%NNW8 mph15 mph29%—10 mi
Sun 12 PM64°64°56°73%0%NNW9 mph16 mph22%——
Sun 1 PM67°67°55°65%0%NNW9 mph18 mph19%——
Sun 2 PM69°69°54°60%0%NNW10 mph20 mph19%——
Sun 3 PM70°70°54°58%0%NNW12 mph20 mph22%——
Sun 4 PM70°70°54°57%0%N13 mph21 mph12%——
Sun 5 PM69°69°53°58%0%N12 mph21 mph4%——
Sun 6 PM68°68°53°60%0%N12 mph20 mph3%——
Sun 7 PM65°65°52°62%0%N9 mph17 mph5%——
Sun 8 PM61°61°51°71%0%N8 mph15 mph7%——
Sun 9 PM60°60°52°76%0%N7 mph14 mph21%——
Sun 10 PM59°59°52°79%0%N6 mph13 mph25%——
Sun 11 PM58°58°52°80%0%NNW5 mph12 mph29%——
Mon 12 AM57°57°52°83%0%NNW5 mph10 mph27%——
Mon 1 AM56°56°52°86%0%NNW5 mph10 mph25%——
Mon 2 AM55°55°52°90%0%NNW5 mph10 mph23%——
Mon 3 AM54°54°52°93%0%NNW5 mph10 mph25%——
Mon 4 AM54°54°52°93%0%NNW5 mph12 mph28%——

The next 16 days

NWS grid published Sep 26, 4:13 AM EDT to day 8, the National Blend of Models to day 10, the mean of GFS, ECMWF, ECMWF AI to day 16
  1. TodaySep 2671°51°Sunny0%wind 10 mph · gusts 17 mph
  2. SunSep 2770°53°Sunny0%wind 13 mph · gusts 21 mph
  3. MonSep 2870°54°Mostly Sunny0%wind 7 mph
  4. TueSep 2972°56°Sunny0%wind 2 mph
  5. WedSep 3073°62°Partly Sunny12%wind 7 mph · gusts 13 mph
  6. ThuOct 175°63°Chance Rain Showers35%wind 10 mph · gusts 18 mph
  7. FriOct 273°61°Chance Rain Showers46%wind 8 mph · gusts 15 mph
  8. SatOct 375°63°43%wind 8 mph
  9. SunOct 474°58°National Blend42%0.44 inwind 8 mph · gusts 16 mph
  10. MonOct 569°53°National Blend24%0.28 inwind 8 mph · gusts 16 mph
  11. TueOct 6~61°49°Model mean0.02 in
  12. WedOct 7~65°50°Model mean0.05 in
  13. ThuOct 8~69°52°Model mean0.03 in
  14. FriOct 9~62°51°Model mean0.06 in
  15. SatOct 10~62°45°Model mean
  16. SunOct 11~54°47°Model mean

Right now

NWS grid for this hour · UV from the EPA · air quality from AirNow
  • Feels like51°
  • WindN 5 mphgusts 12 mph
  • Radar over this pointno reading
  • Humidity84%
  • Dew point46°
  • Pressure—
  • UV index—
  • Air quality—
  • Visibility10 mi
  • Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset · not yet up
  • Moonrise7:12 PMMoonset 7:17 AM
  • Moon phaseFull moon100% lit

The National Blend of Models

NOAA NBM v5.0 · run of Sep 26, 2:00 AM EDT

NOAA’s weighted blend of every model it runs, to eleven days, with the chances the grid above does not carry. Where the local office’s grid reaches, its figure sits beneath the blend’s; where it does not, the blend stands alone.

  1. TodaySep 2671°51°NWS grid 71° / 51°rain 0%wind 10 mph · gusts 17 mph
  2. SunSep 2770°53°NWS grid 70° / 53°rain 1%wind 13 mph · gusts 21 mph
  3. MonSep 2870°54°NWS grid 70° / 54°rain 0%wind 7 mph
  4. TueSep 2972°57°NWS grid 72° / 56°rain 2%wind 2 mph
  5. WedSep 3073°62°NWS grid 73° / 62°rain 21%wind 7 mph · gusts 13 mph
  6. ThuOct 175°63°NWS grid 75° / 63°rain 38%thunder 11%0.08 inwind 10 mph · gusts 18 mph
  7. FriOct 273°61°NWS grid 73° / 61°rain 47%thunder 14%0.60 inwind 8 mph · gusts 15 mph
  8. SatOct 375°63°NWS grid 75° / 63°rain 43%0.31 inwind 8 mph
  9. SunOct 474°58°Beyond the NWS gridrain 42%0.44 inwind 8 mph · gusts 16 mph
  10. MonOct 569°53°Beyond the NWS gridrain 24%0.28 inwind 8 mph · gusts 16 mph
  11. TueOct 666°—Beyond the NWS gridrain 14%0.03 inwind 7 mph · gusts 13 mph
41°59°77°SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

BlendNWS gridChance of rain, hourly

The models, side by side

HRRR Sep 26, 2:00 AM EDT · GFS Sep 25, 8:00 PM EDT · GEFS Sep 25, 8:00 PM EDT · ECMWF Sep 25, 8:00 PM EDT · ECMWF AI Sep 25, 8:00 PM EDT

Each line is one model’s own forecast at its own grid cell: three kilometers for HRRR, a quarter of a degree for the global models, which can sit a few hundred meters above or below the town. Where they agree the forecast is settled; where they part is where it is not.

41°64°86°SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

DayNWS gridHRRRGFSGEFSECMWFECMWF AI
Today Sep 2671° 51°70° 49°71° 50°70° 49°70° 51°~71° 48°
Sun Sep 2770° 53°71° 49°71° 51°70° 51°69° 53°~72° 50°
Mon Sep 2870° 54°~54° 53°72° 54°71° 54°65° 53°~72° 52°
Tue Sep 2972° 56°—75° 58°74° 56°71° 56°~74° 53°
Wed Sep 3073° 62°—63° 58°0.24 in72° 59°0.10 in72° 57°0.01 in~79° 56°
Thu Oct 175° 63°—68° 61°74° 63°0.12 in69° 63°0.79 in~83° 62°
Fri Oct 273° 61°—73° 65°0.23 in73° 64°0.32 in~71° 65°2.00 in~70° 62°0.18 in
Sat Oct 375° 63°—66° 62°0.30 in72° 62°0.28 in~65° 58°0.46 in~58° 55°0.87 in
Sun Oct 4——67° 62°1.25 in69° 60°0.36 in~67° 52°~60° 55°0.51 in
Mon Oct 5——65° 53°0.31 in63° 55°0.12 in~66° 47°~59° 55°0.06 in
Tue Oct 6——~60° 44°—~61° 46°~63° 56°0.07 in
Wed Oct 7——~65° 46°—~63° 44°~67° 60°0.15 in
Thu Oct 8——~70° 52°0.09 in—~67° 46°~72° 59°
Fri Oct 9——~52° 47°0.19 in—~60° 52°~75° 53°
Sat Oct 10——~56° 40°—~56° 42°~75° 55°
Sun Oct 11——~54° 47°———

A ~ marks a high or low read from six-hourly steps, which miss the true extreme by a degree or two.

ECMWF ensemble meteogram

ECMWF ensemble meteogram for this place: box plots of cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and temperature from the 51 ensemble members for ten days.
Rendered by ECMWF from its 51-member ensemble, in metric units: each box spans the middle half of the members, the whiskers the rest, the line the control run. A forecast, not an observation. © ECMWF, CC BY 4.0.

The next 90 days

NOAA GHCN normals and records at Columbus (CMH) · Climate Prediction Center outlooks

No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one. Where the models stop, the calendar takes over: the 1991 to 2020 normal for each date, the record high and low ever set on it, and where the Climate Prediction Center leans warm, cool, wet or dry over the coming weeks, the month and the season. A site that shows a high for a date three months out is showing you this normal with a wobble.

The forecast reaches Sun Oct 11, from the NWS grid, then the National Blend, then the mean of the global models. Beyond it the lines are the calendar.

Climate Prediction Center (CPC) temperature lean70%warmer 40% · Oct 202633% chance above normal · Oct to Dec-20°0°20°40°60°80°100°TodayOct 1Nov 1Dec 1

Forecast high and lowNormal high and lowRecord high and lowCPC leans warmer than normalCPC near normal or equal chances

Week ofNormalWarmest on recordColdest on recordTemperature leanPrecipitation lean
Sep 2671° / 50°96° (1953)31° (1963)no outlookno outlook
Oct 372° / 49°93° (2019)29° (1987)near normal most likely · days 8 to 1433% chance above normal · days 8 to 14
Oct 1068° / 46°87° (1949)24° (1964)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 1763° / 43°85° (1953)17° (1952)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 2459° / 43°83° (1963)20° (1962)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 3157° / 37°83° (1950)14° (1991)33% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 756° / 37°78° (2020)11° (2019)33% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 1450° / 34°76° (1958)12° (1986)33% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 2149° / 32°75° (1990)5° (1950)33% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 2847° / 31°76° (1982)-4° (1958)33% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 540° / 28°73° (1998)-8° (1958)33% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 1243° / 28°68° (2015)-14° (1951)33% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 1942° / 28°69° (2013)-17° (1989)33% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec

Health and activities

Rules of thumb over the next 24 hours of forecast, the warnings in force, the station’s report, air quality and pollen

None of these is a measurement. Each is a rating of the forecast ahead, and of what is happening at the point right now, against what the activity or the ailment is known to mind, and each names the figure that decided it. An ailment or a pest is rated as a risk, low to extreme; an activity, a chore or a journey as a condition, poor to ideal.

Each rating says which span it is for: the rest of today’s daylight, tonight, or the next 24 hours.

Health

  • Arthritisnext 24 hModeratehumid
  • Sinus pressurenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Common coldtodayLowmild
  • FlutodayLowmild
  • Migrainenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Asthmanext 24 hLowclean air
  • Heat stresstodayLowmild
  • SunburntodayLowweak sun
  • Frostbitenext 24 hLowmild
  • SleepingtonightIdealcool, quiet night

Outdoors

  • RunningtodayIdealfine conditions
  • HikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • BikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GolftodayIdealfine conditions
  • FishingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Boating and paddlingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Beach and pooltodayVery goodcool
  • CampingtonightIdealfine conditions
  • StargazingtonightFairbright moon

Travel

  • Air travelnext 24 hIdealclear skies
  • Drivingnext 24 hIdealclear roads

Home and garden

  • Lawn mowingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GardeningtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Outdoor entertainingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Drying laundry outsidetodayIdealfine conditions
  • Painting and outdoor projectstodayIdealfine conditions
  • FrosttonightLowmild

Pests

  • MosquitoestodayHighwarm
  • TickstodayHighwarm
  • Indoor pestsnext 24 hLowmild
  • Outdoor peststodayModeratewarm

Stargazing

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast and the sun and moon

Tonight has no dark, clear hour without a bright moon in this forecast. Rated fair.

Night ofRatingDarkClear hoursClear and moonlessMoon litTransparency (est.)DewStrongest wind
SaturdayFair8:53 PM to 5:54 AM8 of 9None100%Fair3 h8 mph
SundayPoor8:51 PM to 5:55 AM0 of 9None98%4 h7 mph
MondayFair8:49 PM to 5:56 AM2 of 9None94%Poor8 h2 mph
TuesdayPoor8:47 PM to 5:57 AM0 of 9None87%7 h2 mph
WednesdayPoor8:46 PM to 5:58 AM0 of 9None80%6 mph
ThursdayPoor8:44 PM to 5:59 AM0 of 9None70%5 h8 mph
FridayPoor8:42 PM to 6:00 AM0 of 9None60%7 h6 mph

Dark is the sun 18 degrees below the horizon; where it never gets that low, 12 degrees, marked nautical. Clear is sky cover of 20% or less. A bright moon is one above the horizon with a quarter or more of its disc lit. Transparency in the table is estimated from surface humidity (70% and 85% mark fair and poor) and visibility, since the forecast carries no haze or high cloud moisture. Seeing and transparency by hour, where shown, are Environment and Climate Change Canada’s astronomy forecast (regional model; seeing from cloud, wind shear, turbulence near the ground and the surface temperature trend; transparency from the moisture through the whole air column), under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Dew is the air within 2 °C of its dew point. Excellent is four or more clear moonless hours with good transparency; good is three; fair is one, or two clear hours.

Golden hour and blue hour

Computed from the sun and moon positions
DayBlue hour, morningGolden hour, morningGolden hour, eveningBlue hour, evening
Sat6:57 AM to 7:07 AM7:07 AM to 7:59 AM6:47 PM to 7:39 PM7:39 PM to 7:49 PM
Sun6:57 AM to 7:08 AM7:08 AM to 8:00 AM6:45 PM to 7:37 PM7:37 PM to 7:48 PM
Mon6:58 AM to 7:09 AM7:09 AM to 8:01 AM6:43 PM to 7:36 PM7:36 PM to 7:46 PM
Tue6:59 AM to 7:10 AM7:10 AM to 8:02 AM6:42 PM to 7:34 PM7:34 PM to 7:44 PM
Wed7:00 AM to 7:11 AM7:11 AM to 8:03 AM6:40 PM to 7:32 PM7:32 PM to 7:43 PM
Thu7:01 AM to 7:12 AM7:12 AM to 8:04 AM6:38 PM to 7:31 PM7:31 PM to 7:41 PM
Fri7:02 AM to 7:13 AM7:13 AM to 8:05 AM6:37 PM to 7:29 PM7:29 PM to 7:40 PM
NESWSRSSMRMS
  • SR Sunrise 7:24 AM, 91° E
  • SS Sunset 7:22 PM, 269° W
  • MR Moonrise 7:12 PM, 83° E
  • MS Moonset 7:17 AM, 273° W
  • Full moon, 100% lit

Golden hour is the sun between 6 degrees above the horizon and 4 degrees below it; blue hour is the sun between 4 and 6 degrees below. These are the definitions timeanddate.com and PhotoPills use. Directions are degrees clockwise from true north, where the sun’s upper edge and the moon’s center cross a flat horizon; hills and buildings change both. None means the sun does not reach that height on the day; all day means it stays inside the band.

Drone flying

NWS hourly forecast, SWPC Kp, FAA TFRs and 14 CFR Part 107

This hour: no-fly (gusts near or over your limit, wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)). Next good stretch: Sat 8 AM to 4 PM, 8 hours.

Today: civil twilight for Part 107 6:54 AM to sunrise 7:24 AM, and sunset 7:22 PM to 7:52 PM. Anti-collision lighting is required in those minutes and at night.

Sat6 AM12 PM6 PM
Sun12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Mon12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Caution No-fly

HourVerdictWind (mph)400 ft est. (mph)Gust (mph)RainVisibilityCloud allowsTempKpWhy
Sat 5 AMNo-fly518250%10 mi51°gusts near or over your limit, wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 6 AMCaution518240%10 mi50°wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 7 AMCaution56120%10 mi50°civil twilight: lighting required (107.29)
Sat 8 AMGood56120%10 mi50°nothing against it
Sat 9 AMGood56120%10 mi53°nothing against it
Sat 10 AMGood56120%10 mi58°nothing against it
Sat 11 AMGood67130%10 mi62°nothing against it
Sat 12 PMGood78140%10 mi64°nothing against it
Sat 1 PMGood810150%10 mi68°nothing against it
Sat 2 PMGood810170%10 mi69°nothing against it
Sat 3 PMGood911180%10 mi71°nothing against it
Sat 4 PMCaution1013190%10 mi71°gusts near or over your limit
Sat 5 PMCaution1013200%10 mi70°gusts near or over your limit
Sat 6 PMCaution1013200%10 mi69°gusts near or over your limit
Sat 7 PMNo-fly922300%10 mi66°gusts near or over your limit, wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 8 PMNo-fly922300%10 mi61°gusts near or over your limit, wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 9 PMNo-fly819270%10 mi60°gusts near or over your limit, wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 10 PMNo-fly717250%10 mi59°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 11 PMNo-fly623300%10 mi57°gusts near or over your limit, wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 12 AMNo-fly623290%10 mi56°gusts near or over your limit, wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 1 AMNo-fly518250%10 mi55°gusts near or over your limit, wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 2 AMCaution518240%10 mi54°wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 3 AMCaution518240%10 mi53°wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 4 AMCaution518240%10 mi52°wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)

Flight restrictions nearby

Reading the FAA’s temporary flight restrictions.

Flight restrictions on the map. TFRs are not the whole picture: controlled airspace around airports needs LAANC authorization. Check the FAA’s B4UFLY.

Wind at 400 ft is estimated from the 10 m forecast by the power law, with exponents for each Pasquill stability class (Irwin 1979, rural, as in EPA dispersion models; the class from wind, sun height and cloud, after Turner 1970); gusts keep the ground gust’s margin. Caution from three quarters of your limit; the default 24 mph is the wind resistance printed for common sub-250 g drones. 14 CFR 107.51: “The minimum flight visibility, as observed from the location of the control station must be no less than 3 statute miles” and at least “500 feet below the cloud”. 14 CFR 107.29: “No person may operate a small unmanned aircraft system during periods of civil twilight unless the small unmanned aircraft has lighted anti-collision lighting visible for at least 3 statute miles”; civil twilight is the 30 minutes before sunrise and after sunset, in Alaska the Air Almanac’s. Kp: SWPC’s scales say satellite navigation problems may occur at G3 (Kp 7) and navigation is “degraded for hours” at G4 (Kp 8); Kp 5 is the typical app warning. Typical limits, not rules: rain chance 30% caution and 60% no-fly, thunder 10% and 20%, below 0 °C caution and −10 °C no-fly, over 40 °C caution. Your drone’s manual and the airspace come first.

Spraying and field work

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast

Hours fit for spraying, and the days dry enough for fieldwork and hay, read from this forecast’s wind, gusts, humidity, temperature and rain.

Spraying windows

  • Sat 10 AM to 3 PM 5 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Sat 10 PM to Sun 1 AM 3 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Sun 8 PM to Mon 12 AM 4 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Mon 12 PM to 9 PM 9 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Wed 12 PM to 10 PM 10 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Thu 2 AM to 4 AM 2 hours, every hour within the rules
Sat6 AM12 PM6 PM
Sun12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Mon12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Tue12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Marginal No

Field days

DayDaytimeChance of rainRainLowest humidityStrongest windDry days in a rowHay drying
SaturdayDry0%0.00 in54%10 mph5 d
SundayDry0%0.00 in57%13 mph4 d
MondayDry0%0.00 in66%7 mph3 d
TuesdayDry0%0.00 in61%2 mph2 d
WednesdayDry12%0.00 in66%7 mph1 d
ThursdayShowers possible35%0.00 in72%10 mph
FridayShowers possible46%0.00 in74%8 mph
SaturdayShowers possible43%0.00 in74%8 mph

Spraying: sustained wind 3 to 10 mph, the range US extension services and most labels give; gusts no more than 15 mph (this page’s limit); delta T (air minus wet-bulb temperature) 2 to 8 °C preferred and 8 to 10 °C marginal, from GRDC guidance, with the wet bulb by Stull’s formula; no hour at a 30% chance of rain or 0.25 mm forecast during the rain-free time. Follow the product label, which overrides all of this. Field days: dry is no daytime hour at a 30% chance and under 1 mm all day, wet is 6 mm (0.25 in) or more; soil moisture is not in the forecast, so ground still wet from earlier rain is not accounted for. Hay drying marks a dry day with humidity down to 50% and a breeze of 5 mph or more.

Solunar times

Computed from the moon’s position

The best-rated day this week is Saturday, rated best.

DayRatingMajor periodsMinor periodsMoonSunrise, sunset
Sat Best11:57 PM to 1:57 AM12:19 PM to 2:19 PM6:47 AM to 7:47 AM6:42 PM to 7:42 PM 100%7:24 AM, 7:22 PM
Sun Best12:43 AM to 2:43 AM1:06 PM to 3:06 PM7:56 AM to 8:56 AM7:07 PM to 8:07 PM 99%7:24 AM, 7:21 PM
Mon Good1:31 AM to 3:31 AM1:56 PM to 3:56 PM9:08 AM to 10:08 AM7:35 PM to 8:35 PM 95%7:25 AM, 7:19 PM
Tue Good2:23 AM to 4:23 AM2:50 PM to 4:50 PM10:23 AM to 11:23 AM8:10 PM to 9:10 PM 90%7:26 AM, 7:17 PM
Wed Poor3:19 AM to 5:19 AM3:48 PM to 5:48 PM11:38 AM to 12:38 PM8:53 PM to 9:53 PM 83%7:27 AM, 7:16 PM
Thu Fair4:19 AM to 6:19 AM4:50 PM to 6:50 PM12:51 PM to 1:51 PM9:47 PM to 10:47 PM 74%7:28 AM, 7:14 PM
Fri Fair5:21 AM to 7:21 AM5:53 PM to 7:53 PM1:56 PM to 2:56 PM10:51 PM to 11:51 PM 64%7:29 AM, 7:13 PM

Periods in bold fall within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The weather’s side is the fishing index

Major periods are two hours centered on the moon’s passage overhead and underfoot; minor periods are one hour centered on moonrise and moonset: the conventional durations of John Alden Knight’s solunar tables (1936). The rating is this site’s: one point to start, two more within a day and a half of a new or full moon (one more within three and a half days), and one more when a period falls within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The theory has mixed support in fisheries research; the times are exact astronomy.

In words

NWS forecast periods, as issued
  1. Overnight50° · N 5 mph

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. North wind around 5 mph.

  2. Saturday71° · N 5–10 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 71. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

  3. Saturday Night51° · N 5–10 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 51. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

  4. Sunday70° · N 5–13 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 70. North wind 5 to 13 mph.

  5. Sunday Night53° · N 5–12 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 53. North wind 5 to 12 mph.

  6. Monday70° · N 7 mph

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.

  7. Monday Night54° · N 0–6 mph

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 54.

  8. Tuesday72° · S 2 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 72.

  9. Tuesday Night56° · 2% · SE 2 mph

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.

  10. Wednesday73° · 12% · S 2–7 mph

    Partly sunny, with a high near 73.

  11. Wednesday Night62° · 20% · S 7 mph

    A slight chance of rain showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62.

  12. Thursday75° · 35% · S 6–10 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

  13. Thursday Night63° · 34% · S 6–9 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

  14. Friday73° · 46% · S 8 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73.

The forecaster’s discussion

NWS Wilmington, OH · issued Sep 26, 1:22 AM EDT

Written by the forecaster on duty for their own colleagues and for anyone who wants to know why the forecast says what it says. It is not edited for the public, so it uses the office’s shorthand; it is also the most honest thing any weather service publishes.

What Has Changed

No significant changes.

KEY Messages

1) A stretch of dry weather and seasonably cool temperatures can be expected through the weekend and into early next week, before rain chances return to the forecast.

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1)

Some river valley fog is possible this morning, but high level clouds will limit overall fog development.

A cut off low has developed along the Atlantic Coast, with the Ohio Valley on the far western periphery of this low. The synotpic pattern will continue to favor a period of northeasterly flow, ushering in a drier air mass along with seasonably cooler air. This will persist the remainder of this weekend and linger into early next week.

By late Monday, the upper low is absorbed back into the mean H5 flow and carried off to the northeast. This shift will result in return flow developing across the Ohio Valley come Tuesday. A subtle warming trend will then ensue as we progress through the rest of the work week, and the pattern looks to become more unsettled as rain chances return.

Aviation · 06Z Saturday Through Wednesday

River valley fog is possible again this morning, with impacts primarily at KLUK. However, some high level clouds may disrupt or delay the onset of vsby reductions.

VFR conditions are forecast the remainder of the taf period. Some high level clouds may continue to move through today. Surface winds persist out of the NE, increasing to near 10 kts during the daytime hours.

OUTLOOK...No significant weather is expected.

ILN Watches / Warnings / Advisories

OH...None. KY...None. IN...None.

Hazardous weather outlook Sep 26, 1:44 AM EDT

The office’s own seven-day heads-up for spotters and emergency managers.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
144 AM EDT Sat Sep 26 2026

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Wayne-Fayette-Union-Franklin-Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio-Switzerland-
Carroll-Gallatin-Boone-Kenton-Campbell-Owen-Grant-Pendleton-Bracken-
Robertson-Mason-Lewis-Hardin-Mercer-Auglaize-Darke-Shelby-Logan-
Delaware-Miami-Champaign-Clark-Madison-Licking-Preble-Montgomery-
Greene-Pickaway-Fairfield-Butler-Warren-Clinton-Ross-Hocking-
Hamilton-Clermont-Brown-Highland-Adams-Pike-Scioto-
144 AM EDT Sat Sep 26 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Indiana, 
southeast Indiana, northeast Kentucky, northern Kentucky, central 
Ohio, south central Ohio, southwest Ohio and west central Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

$$

The outlooks beyond

SPC, WPC, CPC and the Drought Monitor, read at this point

The national centers each publish a judgment the local grid does not carry. Read here at this exact coordinate.

Severe weather

  1. Day 1 · Sat Sep 26No risk area
  2. Day 2 · Sun Sep 27No risk area
  3. Day 3 · Mon Sep 28No risk area
  4. Day 4 · Tue Sep 29No risk area
  5. Day 5 · Wed Sep 30No risk area
  6. Day 6 · Thu Oct 1No risk area
  7. Day 7 · Fri Oct 2No risk area
  8. Day 8 · Sat Oct 3No risk area

Rainfall

  1. Day 1 · Sat Sep 26Under 0.01 in
  2. Day 2 · Sun Sep 27Under 0.01 in
  3. Day 3 · Mon Sep 28Under 0.01 in
  4. Day 4-5 · Sep 29–Sep 300.01 in
  5. Day 6-7 · Oct 1–Oct 20.50 in

The rainfall forecast on the map, days 1 to 7

Six to fourteen days

  1. Days 6–10 · Temperature70% chance above normalOct 1–Oct 5
  2. Days 6–10 · Precipitation40% chance above normalOct 1–Oct 5
  3. Days 8–14 · TemperatureNear normal most likelyOct 3–Oct 9
  4. Days 8–14 · Precipitation33% chance above normalOct 3–Oct 9

Frost and climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals, Columbus Port Columbus Intl AP

The last spring freeze (32°F) usually comes around April 18 and the first fall freeze around October 27: a growing season of about 191 days.

One fall in ten brings a freeze by October 14; one spring in ten still has one after May 5.

Climate of 39.96, -83.00: normals, records and every month

Everything else on the grid

NWS forecast grid · 26 elements

The forecast office edits about sixty fields for every cell of its grid. The common ones are above; these are the rest, as the daily extreme, for anyone who needs the mixing height, the fire danger or the swell.

ElementSatSunMonTueWedThuFriSat
HeatRisk max0 · Little0 · Little0 · Little0 · Little1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor
Wet bulb globe temperature max67°67°68°70°69°71°70°72°
Heat index max71°70°70°72°73°74°72°74°
Wind chill min48°
Chance of thunder max0%0%0%0%3%9%10%10%
Visibility min10 mi10 mi
Mixing height max3,900 ft4,100 ft3,500 ft4,800 ft2,500 ft2,200 ft3,000 ft2,900 ft
Transport wind max13 mph15 mph10 mph7 mph9 mph10 mph10 mph8 mph
Twenty-foot wind max8 mph9 mph6 mph2 mph6 mph9 mph7 mph7 mph

Against the record

NOAA GHCN · Columbus (CMH) · 6.6 mi away

Each forecast day against the same calendar date at the nearest long-record station: the 1991 to 2020 normal, and the record high and low with the year they were set.

DayForecastNormalRecord highRecord low
Sat Sep 2671° / 51°74° / 54°92° (1998)35° (1950)
Sun Sep 2770° / 53°73° / 54°92° (2017)36° (1991)
Mon Sep 2870° / 54°72° / 53°92° (1959)37° (1984)
Tue Sep 2972° / 56°71° / 50°96° (1953)32° (1961)
Wed Sep 3073° / 62°71° / 50°92° (1953)31° (1963)
Thu Oct 175° / 63°73° / 49°94° (2019)35° (1972)
Fri Oct 273° / 61°74° / 50°94° (2019)32° (1974)
Sat Oct 375° / 63°72° / 51°93° (2019)32° (1975)

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Sat6:57 AM7:24 AM7:22 PM7:49 PM11 h 58 min Full moon · 100% lit
Sun6:57 AM7:24 AM7:21 PM7:48 PM11 h 57 min Waning gibbous · 99% lit
Mon6:58 AM7:25 AM7:19 PM7:46 PM11 h 54 min Waning gibbous · 95% lit
Tue6:59 AM7:26 AM7:17 PM7:44 PM11 h 51 min Waning gibbous · 90% lit
Wed7:00 AM7:27 AM7:16 PM7:43 PM11 h 49 min Waning gibbous · 83% lit
Thu7:01 AM7:28 AM7:14 PM7:41 PM11 h 46 min Waning gibbous · 74% lit
Fri7:02 AM7:29 AM7:13 PM7:40 PM11 h 44 min Waning gibbous · 64% lit
Sat7:03 AM7:30 AM7:11 PM7:38 PM11 h 41 min Last quarter · 54% lit

Forecast from the National Weather Service forecast grid at api.weather.gov, updated by the local office through the day; the written periods and hourly digest are the NWS’s own. Outlooks from the Storm Prediction Center, the Weather Prediction Center and the Climate Prediction Center via NOAA’s map services. Records and normals from NOAA’s Global Historical Climatology Network. Sun and moon computed here. Place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

What is here

Seven days
The high, the low, the chance and amount of rain and snow, the wind and the forecaster’s words for each day and night, from the National Weather Service grid for the exact cell your town sits in.
Hour by hour
Temperature, what it feels like, dew point, humidity, chance and amount of precipitation, wind and gusts, sky cover, the chance of thunder, pressure, visibility and ceiling, as a chart and as a table, with nights shaded.
Everything else on the grid
The office edits about sixty fields for every cell. The ones the mainstream forecast pages leave out are here as a daily table: HeatRisk, wet bulb globe temperature, lightning activity, mixing height, transport wind, the fire weather indices, and at the coast the waves and swell.
The discussion
The Area Forecast Discussion the forecaster wrote to explain the forecast, in their own words, with the specialist annexes folded away. Also the office’s hazardous weather outlook.
Beyond the week
The Storm Prediction Center’s severe weather category for each of the next eight days, the Weather Prediction Center’s rainfall forecast to day seven and its winter storm severity, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for days six to fourteen, all read at your coordinate.
Against the record
Each forecast day beside the same date at the nearest long-record station: the thirty-year normal and the record high and low with their years, so a forecast high that would break a record says so.
The next 90 days
The forecast as far as the grid, the National Blend and the global models reach, and the calendar after that: the normal and the record for every date, with the Climate Prediction Center’s lean for the weeks, the month and the season drawn over them. No made-up highs for a date three months out.

Common questions

Where does this forecast come from?

From the National Weather Service forecast grid published at api.weather.gov, the same grid the local forecast office edits through the day and the source of every forecast on weather.gov. The written periods, the hourly digest and the forecaster’s discussion are the NWS’s own products, shown as issued. Nothing here is a blend a website made.

How far ahead does it go?

The grid runs seven days ahead, hour by hour for the first days and in three to six hour steps after that. The National Blend of Models carries the days to eleven and the global models to sixteen. Beyond that the page carries the national centers’ outlooks, severe weather to day eight, rainfall to day seven, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for the coming weeks, month and season, over a ninety-day calendar of the normal and the record for each date. No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one.

Why is this different from the app on my phone?

Most forecast apps show a blend of models chosen by the company that makes the app. This page shows the forecast the local National Weather Service office issues, edited by the forecasters who will also issue the warnings, and it shows all of it rather than the six numbers that fit on a phone. The discussion explains the reasoning, which no app carries.

What is a place’s address here?

Every town has its own page, such as /forecast/us/oklahoma/oklahoma-city/, and every day at a town has one too. A ZIP code typed into the search goes to the town it belongs to. Any coordinate at all can be looked up, and the page names the nearest town.

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