Temperature
72 F at 12 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 11 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 8 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 72F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 72F
- 11 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 8 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Indianapolis International Airport, Indiana
Large airport in Marion County, Indiana72°
57°/51°
Overcast·
Feels like 72°·Gentle breeze 13 mph WSW
Now. Indianapolis International Airport is 72° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 71°, so the air feels very oppressive. Gentle breeze from the west-southwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 52° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
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 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:05 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 10 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
41Air quality
97%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
72feels72
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5751
60%
19mph
Sat
Oct 17
5540
23%
16mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6336
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6840
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7144
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7247
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7448
mostly clear day
72°
57°51°
55°40°
63°36°
68°40°
71°44°
72°47°
74°48°
As of 1:00 AM in Indianapolis International Airport, Indiana.
Air quality
The air at Indianapolis International Airport
Index 41, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Indianapolis (IN), 6 miles off.
41Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)41Good6.2 mi
- Ozone14Good7 ppb5.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)12Good11.2 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide7Good7.4 ppb9.7 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 54, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 54YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Indianapolis International Airport
0.27 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.27in
- Last 3 days
- 0.27in
Visibility
How far you can see at Indianapolis International Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- IND
- ICAO
- KIND
- IATA
- IND
- Field elevation
- 797 ft
- Serves
- Indianapolis
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- IND
- Wind now
- From 200° at 10 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:54
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05L / 23R | 11,200 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 44° / 224° | 9 mph head, on 23R | 4 mph from the left |
| 05R / 23L | 10,000 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 44° / 224° | 9 mph head, on 23L | 4 mph from the left |
| 14 / 32 | 7,278 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | 4 mph head, on 14 | 9 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Indianapolis (IND), Indianapolis International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 71 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 74% at 1 PM Thursday to 97% at 11 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 71F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 74 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
11 mph from the south southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 8 AM Thursday, with a gust of 21 mph at 8 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 11mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 8 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 21mph
- 8 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.86 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.25 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.86inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.25inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 8 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 8 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 500 ft at 8 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 8 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.87 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.75 in, in the hour to 8 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.87in
- Wettest hour
- 0.75in
- 8 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 9
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Indianapolis: 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 Indianapolis International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
IndianapolisIND
At an airfield/0.8 mi away/791 ft/6 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-465 Kentucky AveIN053
Beside a road/2.2 mi away/755 ft/42 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Speedway 6.2 SSWIN-MR-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/798 ft/1 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Indianapolis NwfoINXI3
At a cooperative observer's station/1.1 mi away/797 ft/level with 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 Indianapolis Nwfo (INXI3), 1.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Indiana
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Indianapolis International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Plainfieldtown, 5 mi
- Avontown, 6 mi
- Speedwaytown, 6 mi
- Clermonttown, 7 mi
- Indianapoliscity, 8 mi
- Mooresvilletown, 8 mi
- Cartersburgcommunity, 9 mi
- Homecrofttown, 9 mi
- Wynnedaletown, 9 mi
- Spring Hilltown, 10 mi
- Brownsburgtown, 10 mi
- Bellevillecommunity, 10 mi
Airports near Indianapolis International Airport
- Eagle Creek AirparkEYE, 8 mi
- Hendricks County Gordon Graham Field2R2, 10 mi
- Indy South Greenwood AirportHFY, 13 mi
- Indianapolis Metropolitan AirportUMP, 20 mi
- Indianapolis Executive AirportTYQ, 22 mi
- Indianapolis Regional AirportMQJ, 23 mi
- Shelbyville Municipal AirportGEZ, 28 mi
- Putnam County AirportGPC, 28 mi