Temperature
69 F at 12 AM; 69 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 55 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 69F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 69F
- 12 AM
- Lowest
- 55F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Elkhart Municipal Airport, Indiana
Small airport in Elkhart County, Indiana69°
57°/49°
Overcast·
Feels like 69°·Moderate breeze 17 mph WSW
Now. Elkhart Municipal Airport is 69° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Moderate breeze from the west-southwest at 17 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 49° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:52 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 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
41Air quality
89%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
69feels69
34%
17mph
Today
Oct 16
5749
85%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5634
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6335
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6739
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7041
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
7143
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7245
mostly clear day
69°
57°49°
56°34°
63°35°
67°39°
70°41°
71°43°
72°45°
As of 1:00 AM in Elkhart Municipal Airport, Indiana.
Air quality
The air at Elkhart Municipal Airport
Index 41, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, South Bend (IN), 16 miles off.
41Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)41Good4.6 mi
- Ozone15Good11 ppb4.6 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.3 ppb11.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 51YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Elkhart Municipal Airport
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.54 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Last 3 days
- 0.54in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 4%
Visibility
How far you can see at Elkhart Municipal Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 3 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- EKM
- ICAO
- KEKM
- IATA
- EKI
- Field elevation
- 778 ft
- Serves
- Elkhart
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- EKM
- Wind now
- From 250° at 20 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 unlit | 2,480 ft | 250 ft | GRE | 75° / 255° | 20 mph head, on 26 | 2 mph from the left |
| 09 / 27 | 6,500 ft | 120 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 19 mph head, on 27 | 7 mph from the left |
| 18 / 36 | 3,999 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 172° / 352° | 4 mph head, on 18 | 20 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Elkhart Municipa (EKM), Elkhart Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 67 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 76% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 9 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 67F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 93%
- Humidity, range
- 76 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
18 mph from the west southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 18 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 22 mph at 11 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 18mph
- from the west southwest
- Strongest
- 18mph
- 12 AM
- Highest gust
- 22mph
- 11 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.74 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.43 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.74inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.43inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 10 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 9 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 9 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 8 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 8 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 5
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Elkhart Municipa: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Elkhart Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/778 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/6.0 mi away/791 ft/13 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Elkhart 1.8 NWIN-EL-76
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/765 ft/13 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/2.9 mi away/728 ft/50 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Indiana
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Elkhart Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Simonton Lakecommunity, 3 mi
- Elkhartcity, 3 mi
- Osceolatown, 5 mi
- Dunlapcommunity, 7 mi
- Grangercommunity, 8 mi
- Bristoltown, 9 mi
- Mishawakacity, 10 mi
- Indian Villagetown, 12 mi
- Goshencity, 12 mi
- Notre Damecommunity, 12 mi
- Roselandtown, 13 mi
- Wakarusatown, 13 mi
Airports near Elkhart Municipal Airport
- South Bend International AirportSBN, 16 mi
- Goshen Municipal AirportGSH, 17 mi
- Plymouth Municipal AirportC65, 29 mi
- Warsaw Municipal AirportASW, 32 mi
- La Porte Municipal AirportPPO, 39 mi
- Kendallville Municipal AirportC62, 42 mi
- Michigan City Municipal AirportMGC, 42 mi
- Starke County AirportOXI, 43 mi