Temperature
71 F at 2 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 10 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 8 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 71F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 73F
- 10 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 61F
- 8 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Batesville Airport is 71° and overcast at 3 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the southwest at 5 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, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 72°, 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 7:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:58 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 day is 11 hours 10 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Batesville Airport, Indiana.
Air quality
Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Columbus (IN), 34 miles off.
Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.23 in in the last 24 hours, 0.85 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 5,933 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Batesville (HLB), Batesville Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
71 F at 2 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 10 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 8 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 71 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 87% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
1 mph at 2 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 4 PM Thursday, with a gust of 14 mph at 11 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.88 inHg at 2 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.23 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 3 miles at 11 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 500 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.15 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.14 in, in the hour to 11 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Batesville: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Batesville 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 now3 instruments
BatesvilleHLB
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/972 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
PenntownIN038
Beside a road/9.4 mi away/984 ft/11 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Big OaksBIGI3
At a river or reservoir gauge/29.4 mi away/899 ft/74 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Oldenburg 0.2 WIN-FR-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/886 ft/87 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BrookvilleBRKI3
At a cooperative observer's station/14.3 mi away/630 ft/343 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Brookville (BRKI3), 14.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:05. 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.