Temperature
54 F at 6 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 54 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 54F
- 6 AM
- Highest
- 73F
- 12 AM
- Lowest
- 54F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Hendricks County Gordon Graham Field is 56° and overcast at 6 AM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the west-northwest at 21 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 50° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:05 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:02 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 9 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 6:00 AM in Hendricks County Gordon Graham Field, Indiana.
Air quality
Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Indianapolis (IN), 15 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
0.20 in in the last 24 hours, 0.22 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 7 miles Fri 10 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 4,400 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 183° / 3° | 14 mph head, on 36 | 18 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Henricks County (2R2), Hendricks County Gordon Graham Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
54 F at 6 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 54 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 54 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 87% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
18 mph from the northwest at 6 AM; at its strongest 22 mph, 3 AM, with a gust of 30 mph at 5 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.98 inHg at 6 AM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.12 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 5 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 5 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.21 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.04 in, in the hour to 8 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Henricks County: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Hendricks County Gordon Graham Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/892 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-465 Kentucky AveIN053
Beside a road/11.8 mi away/755 ft/142 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Avon 2.7 WNWIN-HS-42
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/855 ft/42 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Danville 3SWDANI3
At a cooperative observer's station/3.4 mi away/951 ft/54 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Danville 3SW (DANI3), 3.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.