Temperature
71 F at 12 AM; 74 F at its warmest, 10 PM Thursday, and 65 F at its coolest, 8 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 71F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 74F
- 10 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 65F
- 8 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Madison Municipal Airport, Indiana
Small airport in Jefferson County, Indiana70°
59°/55°
Clear·
Feels like 70°·Light breeze 5 mph WSW
Now. Madison Municipal Airport is 70° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the west-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 40° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:02 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:01 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 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
89%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
70feels70
12%
Today
Oct 16
5955
48%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5540
17%
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6234
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6738
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7041
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7144
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7344
clear day
70°
59°55°
55°40°
62°34°
67°38°
70°41°
71°44°
73°44°
As of 2:00 AM in Madison Municipal Airport, Indiana.
Air quality
The air at Madison Municipal Airport
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Columbus (IN), 40 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 52YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Madison Municipal Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 0.19 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.19in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Madison Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 9 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- IMS
- ICAO
- KIMS
- IATA
- MDN
- Field elevation
- 819 ft
- Serves
- Madison
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- IMS
- Wind now
- From 220° at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 5,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 32° / 212° | 5 mph head, on 21 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Madison (IMS), Madison 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 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 81% at 11 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 67F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 88%
- Humidity, range
- 81 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph from the southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 10 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 10 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.92 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.15 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.92inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.15inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 2 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 2 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 200 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- 0.00in
- 5 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Madison: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Madison Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
MadisonIMS
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/796 ft/23 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-421 at mile 1905_421_0019
Beside a road/5.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Big OaksBIGI3
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.8 mi away/899 ft/80 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Madison 3.2 WNWIN-JF-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/823 ft/4 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Madison Sewage PlantMSPI3
At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/459 ft/360 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 Madison Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Hanovertown, 3 mi
- Madisoncity, 4 mi
- Kentcommunity, 4 mi
- Duponttown, 10 mi
- Deputycommunity, 10 mi
- Blochercommunity, 11 mi
- Paris Crossingcommunity, 11 mi
- Canaancommunity, 12 mi
- Commiskeycommunity, 12 mi
- Brooksburgtown, 12 mi
- New Washingtoncommunity, 14 mi
- Lambcommunity, 15 mi
Airports near Madison Municipal Airport
- Clark Regional AirportJVY, 31 mi
- Columbus Municipal AirportBAK, 42 mi
- Batesville AirportHLB, 42 mi
- Virgil I Grissom Municipal AirportBFR, 53 mi
- Shelbyville Municipal AirportGEZ, 60 mi
- French Lick Municipal AirportFRH, 66 mi
- Monroe County AirportBMG, 67 mi
- Indy South Greenwood AirportHFY, 69 mi