Temperature
69 F at 2 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 8 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 8 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 69F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 72F
- 8 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 8 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Putnam County Airport, Indiana
Small airport in Putnam County, Indiana69°
57°/48°
Light rain·
Feels like 69°·Moderate breeze 13 mph WNW
Now. Putnam County Airport is 69° and light rain at 3 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 13 mph, gusting to 31 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 50° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:07 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:03 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 10 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
94%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
69feels69
16%
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5748
50%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5538
23%
15mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6333
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6838
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7241
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7344
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7446
clear day
69°
57°48°
55°38°
63°33°
68°38°
72°41°
73°44°
74°46°
As of 3:00 AM in Putnam County Airport, Indiana.
Air quality
The air at Putnam County Airport
Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Terre Haute (IN), 33 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good-
- Ozone17Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 52YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Putnam County Airport
0.28 in in the last 24 hours, 0.34 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.28in
- Last 3 days
- 0.34in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 82%
Visibility
How far you can see at Putnam County Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GPC
- ICAO
- KGPC
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 842 ft
- Serves
- Greencastle
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- GPC
- Wind now
- From 270° at 14 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 5,002 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 181° / 1° | 0 mph head, on 18 | 14 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Greencastle (GPC), Putnam County 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 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 81% at 12 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 67F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 94%
- Humidity, range
- 81 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
13 mph from the west northwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 31 mph at 2 AM.
- Now
- 13mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 2 AM
- Highest gust
- 31mph
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.90 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.20 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.90inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.20inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 4 PM Thursday; 7 miles now.
- Now
- 7mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 4 PM 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 400 ft at 5 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 5 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.32 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.10 in, in the hour to 5 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.32in
- Wettest hour
- 0.10in
- 5 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 5
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Greencastle: 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 Putnam County 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
GreencastleGPC
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/840 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
CloverdaleIN011
Beside a road/6.9 mi away/832 ft/10 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Greencastle 3.6 ESEIN-PM-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/789 ft/53 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Danville 3SWDANI3
At a cooperative observer's station/16.4 mi away/951 ft/109 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Danville 3SW (DANI3), 16.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Indiana
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Putnam County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Greencastlecity, 2 mi
- Fillmoretown, 4 mi
- Putnamvillecommunity, 6 mi
- Cloverdaletown, 8 mi
- Coatesvilletown, 9 mi
- Heritage Lakecommunity, 9 mi
- Bainbridgetown, 9 mi
- Van Bibber Lakecommunity, 9 mi
- Stilesvilletown, 10 mi
- Grovelandcommunity, 10 mi
- Amotown, 11 mi
- Eminencecommunity, 12 mi
Airports near Putnam County Airport
- Hendricks County Gordon Graham Field2R2, 20 mi
- Crawfordsville Regional AirportCFJ, 24 mi
- Indianapolis International AirportIND, 28 mi
- Terre Haute Regional Airport, Hulman FieldHUF, 29 mi
- Eagle Creek AirparkEYE, 31 mi
- Monroe County AirportBMG, 35 mi
- Indy South Greenwood AirportHFY, 39 mi
- Indianapolis Executive AirportTYQ, 41 mi