Temperature
50 F at 1 PM; 71 F at its warmest, 10 PM Thursday, and 50 F at its coolest, 1 PM.
- Now
- 50F
- 1 PM
- Highest
- 71F
- 10 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 50F
- 1 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Indy South Greenwood Airport is 51° and overcast at 1 PM. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:04 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11 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.
As of 1:00 PM in Indy South Greenwood Airport, Indiana.
Air quality
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Indianapolis (IN), 10 miles off.
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.
Precipitation
1.00 in in the last 24 hours, 1.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 5,102 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 7° / 187° | 2 mph head, on 01 | 10 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Indianapolis - Greenwood Muni (HFY), Indy South Greenwood Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
50 F at 1 PM; 71 F at its warmest, 10 PM Thursday, and 50 F at its coolest, 1 PM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 45 F, the air 82% saturated; the humidity ran from 82% at 2 PM Thursday to 99% at 8 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
10 mph from the west northwest at 1 PM; at its strongest 16 mph, 4 AM, with a gust of 31 mph at 4 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.09 inHg at 1 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.8 miles at 8 PM Thursday, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 600 ft at 8 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
The 4 instruments nearest Indy South Greenwood Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Indianapolis - Greenwood MuniHFY
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/820 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-74 @ I-465IN031
Beside a road/7.6 mi away/775 ft/47 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Greenwood 1.1 NNEIN-JH-14
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/806 ft/16 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Franklin 2EGCLI3
At a cooperative observer's station/9.8 mi away/741 ft/81 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Franklin 2E (GCLI3), 9.8 miles from here, read 16 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.