Current weather · Sep 26, 5:15 AM EDT

41.5230, -81.3290

52°

Patchy fogFeels like 52° · Humidity 94%NWS forecast for this hour; no recent station reportForecast by NWS Cleveland, OH · grid 96,68
High
68°
Low
55°
Rain today
0%
Sunrise
7:17 AM
Sunset
7:15 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 AMPatchy fog52°52°50°94%0%NE2 mph8 mph60%—6 mi
Sat 6 AMPatchy fog51°51°50°96%0%NE2 mph9 mph52%—6 mi
Sat 7 AMPatchy fog51°51°50°99%0%NNE2 mph9 mph59%—6 mi
Sat 8 AM52°52°52°99%0%NNE3 mph9 mph60%—10 mi
Sat 9 AM56°56°53°90%0%NNE5 mph10 mph54%—10 mi
Sat 10 AM61°61°52°73%0%NNE7 mph14 mph47%—10 mi
Sat 11 AM64°64°52°64%0%NNE8 mph14 mph48%—10 mi
Sat 12 PM66°66°52°61%0%NNE9 mph15 mph38%—10 mi
Sat 1 PM66°66°52°60%0%NNE10 mph16 mph42%—10 mi
Sat 2 PM67°67°52°58%0%NNE10 mph16 mph29%—10 mi
Sat 3 PM67°67°51°56%0%NNE10 mph17 mph28%—10 mi
Sat 4 PM67°67°50°56%0%NNE12 mph17 mph17%—10 mi
Sat 5 PM66°66°50°55%0%NNE10 mph17 mph39%—10 mi
Sat 6 PM65°65°49°56%0%N9 mph16 mph35%—10 mi
Sat 7 PM62°62°50°64%0%N7 mph13 mph12%—10 mi
Sat 8 PM59°59°51°73%0%N5 mph12 mph9%—10 mi
Sat 9 PM58°58°51°79%0%NNE3 mph9 mph9%—10 mi
Sat 10 PM57°57°52°82%0%N2 mph8 mph15%—10 mi
Sat 11 PM56°56°51°83%0%N2 mph7 mph24%—10 mi
Sun 12 AM56°56°51°84%0%N2 mph7 mph18%—10 mi
Sun 1 AM56°56°51°84%0%N3 mph9 mph20%—10 mi
Sun 2 AM57°57°52°85%0%N3 mph9 mph23%—10 mi
Sun 3 AM56°56°52°85%0%N3 mph10 mph26%—10 mi
Sun 4 AM56°56°52°87%0%N3 mph10 mph20%—10 mi
Sun 5 AM56°56°52°88%0%NNE3 mph12 mph29%—10 mi
Sun 6 AM55°55°52°87%0%N5 mph13 mph17%—10 mi
Sun 7 AM55°55°52°90%0%N5 mph13 mph16%—10 mi
Sun 8 AM56°56°53°90%0%N5 mph14 mph18%—10 mi
Sun 9 AM59°59°53°82%0%N7 mph16 mph4%—10 mi
Sun 10 AM62°62°52°70%0%N8 mph20 mph21%—10 mi
Sun 11 AM65°65°52°62%0%N10 mph21 mph35%—10 mi
Sun 12 PM65°65°51°61%0%N12 mph21 mph15%—10 mi
Sun 1 PM66°66°51°58%0%N12 mph21 mph4%—10 mi
Sun 2 PM66°66°50°57%0%N12 mph21 mph7%—10 mi
Sun 3 PM66°66°50°56%0%N12 mph22 mph31%—10 mi
Sun 4 PM66°66°50°56%0%N12 mph22 mph34%—10 mi
Sun 5 PM67°67°50°55%0%N12 mph21 mph48%—10 mi
Sun 6 PM66°66°50°57%0%N9 mph18 mph50%—10 mi
Sun 7 PM64°64°51°62%0%N8 mph16 mph54%—10 mi
Sun 8 PM62°62°52°71%2%N7 mph16 mph45%—10 mi
Sun 9 PM60°60°53°80%2%N7 mph14 mph39%——
Sun 10 PM58°58°54°84%2%N8 mph13 mph51%——
Sun 11 PM58°58°54°85%2%N8 mph12 mph63%——
Mon 12 AM58°58°54°86%2%N7 mph10 mph64%——
Mon 1 AM58°58°54°87%2%N7 mph9 mph66%——
Mon 2 AM58°58°54°88%8%N6 mph8 mph67%——
Mon 3 AM58°58°54°89%8%N5 mph9 mph71%——
Mon 4 AM58°58°55°90%8%N5 mph9 mph75%——

The next 16 days

NWS grid published Sep 26, 3:47 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 2668°55°Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny0%wind 12 mph · gusts 17 mph
  2. SunSep 2767°56°Sunny2%wind 12 mph · gusts 22 mph
  3. MonSep 2867°55°Mostly Cloudy8%wind 8 mph
  4. TueSep 2972°56°Mostly Sunny1%wind 3 mph
  5. WedSep 3072°60°Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers18%0.02 inwind 7 mph · gusts 14 mph
  6. ThuOct 172°59°Chance Rain Showers36%0.12 inwind 13 mph · gusts 20 mph
  7. FriOct 269°57°Chance Rain Showers43%0.51 inwind 9 mph · gusts 17 mph
  8. SatOct 370°59°40%0.47 inwind 7 mph
  9. SunOct 470°55°National Blend39%0.29 inwind 8 mph · gusts 15 mph
  10. MonOct 564°50°National Blend28%0.28 inwind 10 mph · gusts 17 mph
  11. TueOct 6~60°46°Model mean
  12. WedOct 7~65°46°Model mean
  13. ThuOct 8~68°50°Model mean
  14. FriOct 9~62°49°Model mean0.17 in
  15. SatOct 10~59°44°Model mean0.02 in
  16. SunOct 11~48°44°Model mean0.03 in

Right now

NWS grid for this hour · UV from the EPA · air quality from AirNow
  • Feels like52°
  • WindNE 2 mphgusts 8 mph
  • Radar over this pointno reading
  • Humidity94%
  • Dew point50°
  • Pressure—
  • UV index—
  • Air quality—
  • Visibility6 mi
  • Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset · not yet up
  • Moonrise7:04 PMMoonset 7:10 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 2668°55°NWS grid 68° / 55°rain 0%wind 12 mph · gusts 17 mph
  2. SunSep 2767°56°NWS grid 67° / 56°rain 9%wind 13 mph · gusts 22 mph
  3. MonSep 2867°55°NWS grid 67° / 55°rain 7%wind 7 mph · gusts 13 mph
  4. TueSep 2972°56°NWS grid 72° / 56°rain 4%wind 3 mph
  5. WedSep 3072°59°NWS grid 72° / 60°rain 21%wind 7 mph · gusts 14 mph
  6. ThuOct 173°59°NWS grid 72° / 59°rain 44%thunder 12%0.15 inwind 13 mph · gusts 20 mph
  7. FriOct 269°57°NWS grid 69° / 57°rain 46%thunder 11%0.58 inwind 9 mph · gusts 17 mph
  8. SatOct 372°59°NWS grid 70° / 59°rain 40%0.57 inwind 7 mph
  9. SunOct 470°55°Beyond the NWS gridrain 39%0.29 inwind 8 mph · gusts 15 mph
  10. MonOct 564°50°Beyond the NWS gridrain 28%0.28 inwind 10 mph · gusts 17 mph
  11. TueOct 663°—Beyond the NWS gridrain 18%0.12 inwind 9 mph
50°64°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 2668° 55°67° 48°67° 49°67° 50°67° 52°~69° 52°
Sun Sep 2767° 56°66° 49°68° 51°67° 54°68° 56°~69° 55°
Mon Sep 2867° 55°~56° 54°66° 53°66° 55°64° 56°~67° 58°0.02 in
Tue Sep 2972° 56°—73° 59°74° 54°71° 57°~72° 56°
Wed Sep 3072° 60°0.02 in—60° 58°0.18 in70° 57°0.18 in69° 57°~75° 58°
Thu Oct 172° 59°0.12 in—71° 58°0.08 in72° 61°0.12 in66° 60°0.34 in~80° 66°0.13 in
Fri Oct 269° 57°0.51 in—66° 61°0.81 in68° 60°0.24 in~69° 61°0.96 in~66° 58°0.30 in
Sat Oct 370° 59°0.47 in—66° 57°0.20 in69° 58°0.20 in~65° 54°~62° 51°
Sun Oct 4——62° 59°1.02 in66° 57°0.26 in~64° 49°0.02 in~55° 51°0.28 in
Mon Oct 5——65° 49°0.14 in59° 52°0.09 in~58° 48°0.03 in~59° 53°0.04 in
Tue Oct 6——~56° 40°—~58° 46°~66° 51°
Wed Oct 7——~64° 40°—~61° 41°~69° 56°0.02 in
Thu Oct 8——~66° 46°—~67° 47°~72° 59°
Fri Oct 9——~53° 45°0.47 in—~59° 48°0.06 in~74° 54°
Sat Oct 10——~53° 37°0.06 in—~53° 40°~69° 55°
Sun Oct 11——~48° 44°0.03 in———

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 Cleveland - Cuyahoga County (CGF) · 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 lean60%warmer 40% · Oct 202640% chance above normal · Oct to Dec0°20°40°60°80°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 26—89° (1998)34° (2000)no outlookno outlook
Oct 3—86° (2007)32° (1996)near normal most likely · days 8 to 1433% chance above normal · days 8 to 14
Oct 10—80° (1997)32° (2006)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 17—80° (1998)31° (1997)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 24—78° (1999)29° (2000)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 31—78° (2003)21° (1995)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 7—74° (1999)19° (1995)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 14—69° (2005)11° (1996)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 21—71° (1999)14° (2005)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 28—68° (1998)14° (2002)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 5—73° (2001)2° (2005)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 12—58° (2006)4° (2005)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 19—56° (2006)-1° (2000)40% 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 paddlingtodayGoodfog
  • Beach and pooltodayGoodcool
  • CampingtonightIdealfine conditions
  • StargazingtonightPoormostly cloudy

Travel

  • Air travelnext 24 hGoodfog
  • Drivingnext 24 hGoodfog

Home and garden

  • Lawn mowingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GardeningtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Outdoor entertainingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Drying laundry outsidetodayVery goodhumid
  • 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
SaturdayFair8:48 PM to 5:45 AM5 of 9None100%Fair3 mph
SundayPoor8:46 PM to 5:47 AM0 of 9None98%2 h8 mph
MondayPoor8:44 PM to 5:48 AM0 of 9None94%9 h0 mph
TuesdayPoor8:43 PM to 5:49 AM0 of 9None87%8 h3 mph
WednesdayPoor8:41 PM to 5:50 AM0 of 9None80%8 mph
ThursdayPoor8:39 PM to 5:51 AM0 of 9None70%8 mph
FridayPoor8:37 PM to 5:52 AM0 of 9None60%3 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
Sat6:49 AM to 7:00 AM7:00 AM to 7:54 AM6:39 PM to 7:32 PM7:32 PM to 7:43 PM
Sun6:50 AM to 7:01 AM7:01 AM to 7:55 AM6:37 PM to 7:31 PM7:31 PM to 7:41 PM
Mon6:51 AM to 7:02 AM7:02 AM to 7:56 AM6:35 PM to 7:29 PM7:29 PM to 7:40 PM
Tue6:52 AM to 7:03 AM7:03 AM to 7:57 AM6:34 PM to 7:27 PM7:27 PM to 7:38 PM
Wed6:54 AM to 7:04 AM7:04 AM to 7:58 AM6:32 PM to 7:26 PM7:26 PM to 7:36 PM
Thu6:55 AM to 7:05 AM7:05 AM to 7:59 AM6:30 PM to 7:24 PM7:24 PM to 7:35 PM
Fri6:56 AM to 7:06 AM7:06 AM to 8:00 AM6:28 PM to 7:22 PM7:22 PM to 7:33 PM
NESWSRSSMRMS
  • SR Sunrise 7:17 AM, 91° E
  • SS Sunset 7:15 PM, 269° W
  • MR Moonrise 7:04 PM, 83° E
  • MS Moonset 7:10 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: fly with caution (night: lighting and night training required (107.29)). Next good stretch: Sat 8 AM to 1 PM, 5 hours.

Today: civil twilight for Part 107 6:47 AM to sunrise 7:17 AM, and sunset 7:15 PM to 7:45 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 AMCaution26110%6 mi52°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 6 AMCaution26120%6 mi51°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 7 AMCaution23100%6 mi51°civil twilight: lighting required (107.29)
Sat 8 AMGood34100%10 mi52°nothing against it
Sat 9 AMGood56120%10 mi56°nothing against it
Sat 10 AMGood79160%10 mi61°nothing against it
Sat 11 AMGood810150%10 mi64°nothing against it
Sat 12 PMGood911170%10 mi66°nothing against it
Sat 1 PMCaution1012180%10 mi66°gusts near or over your limit
Sat 2 PMCaution1012180%10 mi67°gusts near or over your limit
Sat 3 PMCaution1012190%10 mi67°gusts near or over your limit
Sat 4 PMCaution1217220%10 mi67°gusts near or over your limit
Sat 5 PMCaution1013200%10 mi66°gusts near or over your limit
Sat 6 PMCaution912190%10 mi65°gusts near or over your limit
Sat 7 PMCaution717220%10 mi62°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 8 PMNo-fly518250%10 mi59°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 PMCaution314190%10 mi58°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 10 PMCaution29150%10 mi57°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 11 PMCaution29140%10 mi56°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 12 AMCaution29140%10 mi56°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 1 AMCaution314190%10 mi56°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 2 AMCaution314190%10 mi57°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 3 AMCaution314210%10 mi56°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 4 AMCaution314210%10 mi56°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 1 PM 3 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Sat 7 PM to 10 PM 3 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Mon 10 AM to 7 PM 9 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Tue 1 PM to 5 PM 4 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Wed 10 AM to 11 PM 13 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Thu 1 AM to 3 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 in55%12 mph5 d
SundayDry0%0.00 in55%12 mph4 d
MondayDry4%0.00 in68%8 mph3 d
TuesdayDry0%0.00 in57%3 mph2 d
WednesdayDry18%0.02 in61%7 mph1 d
ThursdayShowers possible36%0.12 in67%13 mph
FridayWet43%0.51 in68%9 mph
SaturdayWet38%0.47 in72%7 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 Best11:50 PM to 1:50 AM12:13 PM to 2:13 PM6:40 AM to 7:40 AM6:34 PM to 7:34 PM 100%7:17 AM, 7:15 PM
Sun Best12:36 AM to 2:36 AM12:59 PM to 2:59 PM7:51 AM to 8:51 AM6:57 PM to 7:57 PM 99%7:18 AM, 7:14 PM
Mon Good1:24 AM to 3:24 AM1:49 PM to 3:49 PM9:04 AM to 10:04 AM7:25 PM to 8:25 PM 95%7:19 AM, 7:12 PM
Tue Good2:16 AM to 4:16 AM2:43 PM to 4:43 PM10:20 AM to 11:20 AM7:58 PM to 8:58 PM 90%7:20 AM, 7:10 PM
Wed Poor3:12 AM to 5:12 AM3:41 PM to 5:41 PM11:37 AM to 12:37 PM8:40 PM to 9:40 PM 83%7:21 AM, 7:09 PM
Thu Fair4:12 AM to 6:12 AM4:43 PM to 6:43 PM12:51 PM to 1:51 PM9:33 PM to 10:33 PM 74%7:22 AM, 7:07 PM
Fri Fair5:14 AM to 7:14 AM5:46 PM to 7:46 PM1:56 PM to 2:56 PM10:37 PM to 11:37 PM 64%7:23 AM, 7:05 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° · NE 2 mph

    Patchy fog. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Northeast wind around 2 mph.

  2. Saturday68° · NE 2–12 mph

    Patchy fog before 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Northeast wind 2 to 12 mph.

  3. Saturday Night55° · N 2–9 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 55. North wind 2 to 9 mph.

  4. Sunday67° · N 5–12 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 67. North wind 5 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

  5. Sunday Night56° · 8% · N 5–9 mph

    Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. North wind 5 to 9 mph.

  6. Monday67° · 8% · N 5–8 mph

    Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67.

  7. Monday Night55° · 1% · N 0–5 mph

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 55.

  8. Tuesday72° · W 0–3 mph

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.

  9. Tuesday Night56° · 4% · S 0–3 mph

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.

  10. Wednesday72° · 18% · S 3–7 mph

    A slight chance of rain showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 72.

  11. Wednesday Night60° · 21% · S 5–8 mph

    A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60.

  12. Thursday72° · 36% · S 9–13 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

  13. Thursday Night59° · 43% · S 6–12 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

  14. Friday69° · 43% · S 9 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69.

The forecaster’s discussion

NWS Cleveland, OH · issued Sep 26, 2:20 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 needed to the prior forecast or messaging.

KEY Messages

1) Mainly dry weather and fall temperatures are expected through Tuesday with scattered rain chances returning by the middle of next week.

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1... Fall weather with dry conditions is expected through Tuesday evening as high pressure affects the region. The exception may be Sunday evening when a few light rain showers may briefly drift in from the east across Northwest Pennsylvania. Temperatures will be near to slightly below normal over the next several days with highs in the upper 60s and lower 70s and lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s each day. By late Wednesday, weak low pressure will move into the Midwest and Great Lakes region. Forecast has trended drier on Wednesday with only isolated rain showers, increasing a bit in coverage on Thursday and Friday. No thunderstorms are forecast.

Aviation · 06Z Saturday Through Wednesday

VFR will prevail through the TAF cycle as high pressure remains nearly stationary over the Great Lakes. Scattered to broken cirrus around 25,000 feet this morning across NE Ohio and NW PA will exit by afternoon, allowing for clear skies everywhere.

Light NE winds this morning will increase to 5-10 knots this afternoon, becoming light again by tonight.

Outlook...Mainly VFR expected through Wednesday, though periods of overnight patchy fog are possible.

Marine

Northeast winds to 10 to 15 knots with periods of winds close to 20 knots are expected through Monday morning with light and variable flow Monday afternoon through Tuesday evening. Waves in the central and western basins will generally be between 1 and 3 ft through early Monday morning, though the forecast has trended a bit higher for Sunday afternoon into Sunday night when the likelihood for 20 knots winds and some 4 ft waves could be possible.

CLE Watches / Warnings / Advisories

OH...None. PA...None. MARINE...None.

Hazardous weather outlook Sep 26, 3:45 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 Cleveland OH
345 AM EDT Sat Sep 26 2026

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>009-013-014-017>023-027>033-
036>038-047-PAZ002-003-270745-
Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-Maumee Bay to Reno Beach OH-
Reno Beach to The Islands OH-The Islands to Vermilion OH-
Vermilion to Avon Point OH-Avon Point to Willowick OH-
Willowick to Geneva-on-the Lake OH-Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH-
Conneaut OH to Ripley NY-
Detroit River Lt. to Maumee Bay OH to Reno Beach OH beyond 5NM
offshoreline to US-Canadian border-
Reno Beach to The Islands OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
The Islands to Vermilion OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the-
Lake OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border-Geneva-on-the-
Lake to Conneaut OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-Canadian border-
Conneaut OH to Ripley NY beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Geauga-
Ashtabula Inland-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-
Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-
Holmes-Knox-Southern Erie-
345 AM EDT Sat Sep 26 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie, north central 
Ohio, northeast Ohio, northwest Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

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

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

$$

OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-270745-
Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
345 AM EDT Sat Sep 26 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast 
Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

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

There is a moderate risk of rip currents across Lake Erie beaches on
Sunday.

.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 · Temperature60% 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, Chardon

The last spring freeze (32°F) usually comes around May 5 and the first fall freeze around October 18: a growing season of about 164 days.

One fall in ten brings a freeze by October 2; one spring in ten still has one after May 21.

Climate of 41.52, -81.33: normals, records and every month

Everything else on the grid

NWS forecast grid · 30 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 max64°63°64°68°67°68°65°66°
Heat index max71°71°72°
Chance of thunder max0%0%2%0%5%10%8%7%
Visibility min6 mi10 mi
Mixing height max3,600 ft3,900 ft3,000 ft4,200 ft3,100 ft2,500 ft2,100 ft3,100 ft
Transport wind max16 mph20 mph12 mph9 mph12 mph13 mph13 mph12 mph
Twenty-foot wind max10 mph12 mph7 mph2 mph6 mph12 mph8 mph7 mph
Atmospheric dispersion index max4350
Low visibility risk max66

Against the record

NOAA GHCN · Cleveland - Cuyahoga County (CGF) · 8.6 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 2668° / 55°—88° (2007)42° (2000)
Sun Sep 2767° / 56°—89° (1998)39° (1997)
Mon Sep 2867° / 55°—89° (1998)44° (1995)
Tue Sep 2972° / 56°—84° (1999)34° (2000)
Wed Sep 3072° / 60°—81° (1995)39° (2000)
Thu Oct 172° / 59°—81° (2002)42° (2003)
Fri Oct 269° / 57°—83° (2002)35° (2003)
Sat Oct 370° / 59°—82° (2002)34° (2003)

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Sat6:49 AM7:17 AM7:15 PM7:43 PM11 h 58 min Full moon · 100% lit
Sun6:50 AM7:18 AM7:14 PM7:41 PM11 h 56 min Waning gibbous · 99% lit
Mon6:51 AM7:19 AM7:12 PM7:40 PM11 h 53 min Waning gibbous · 95% lit
Tue6:52 AM7:20 AM7:10 PM7:38 PM11 h 50 min Waning gibbous · 90% lit
Wed6:54 AM7:21 AM7:09 PM7:36 PM11 h 48 min Waning gibbous · 83% lit
Thu6:55 AM7:22 AM7:07 PM7:35 PM11 h 45 min Waning gibbous · 74% lit
Fri6:56 AM7:23 AM7:05 PM7:33 PM11 h 42 min Waning gibbous · 64% lit
Sat6:57 AM7:24 AM7:04 PM7:31 PM11 h 40 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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