Temperature
59 F at 3 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 10 PM Thursday, and 59 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 59F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 73F
- 10 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 59F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Purdue University Airport, Indiana
Medium airport in Tippecanoe County, Indiana61°
58°/48°
Light rain·
Feels like 61°·Moderate breeze 15 mph W
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 8 PM (50%).
Now. Purdue University Airport is 61° and light rain at 3 AM. The dew point is 56°, so the air feels a little humid. Moderate breeze from the west at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 64° by 3 AM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (52%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:06 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 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
90%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
61feels61
44%
15mph
Today
Oct 16
5848
53%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5738
52%
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6535
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
7038
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7341
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7443
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7646
mostly clear day
61°
58°48°
57°38°
65°35°
70°38°
73°41°
74°43°
76°46°
As of 3:00 AM in Purdue University Airport, Indiana.
Air quality
The air at Purdue University Airport
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Lafayette (IN), 5 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 22, good.
GoodModerate
- 22YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Purdue University Airport
0.28 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.28in
- Last 3 days
- 0.28in
Visibility
How far you can see at Purdue University Airport, the next 42 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LAF
- ICAO
- KLAF
- IATA
- LAF
- Field elevation
- 606 ft
- Serves
- West Lafayette
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- LAF
- Wind now
- From 290° at 16 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:54
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 4,225 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 49° / 229° | 8 mph head, on 23 | 14 mph from the right |
| 10 / 28 | 6,600 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 99° / 279° | 16 mph head, on 28 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Lafayette (LAF), Purdue University Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 56 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 73% at 11 AM Thursday to 97% at 7 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 56F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 90%
- Humidity, range
- 73 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
14 mph from the west northwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 18 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 33 mph at 2 AM.
- Now
- 14mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 18mph
- 2 AM
- Highest gust
- 33mph
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.89 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.21 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.89inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.07inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.21inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 4 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 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 600 ft at 2 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,100ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 2 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.30 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.11 in, in the hour to 1 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.30in
- Wettest hour
- 0.11in
- 1 AM
- Hours with some
- 10
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Lafayette: 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 Purdue University Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
LafayetteLAF
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/597 ft/9 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-65 at US-24IN048
Beside a road/26.2 mi away/745 ft/139 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
West Lafayette 1.8 SSWIN-TP-34
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/624 ft/18 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
West LafayetteLAFI3
At a cooperative observer's station/2.1 mi away/531 ft/75 ft below 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 West Lafayette (LAFI3), 2.1 miles from here, read 8 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Indiana
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Purdue University Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- West Lafayettecity, 2 mi
- Lafayettecity, 3 mi
- Shadelandtown, 3 mi
- Montmorencicommunity, 6 mi
- West Pointcommunity, 7 mi
- Battle Groundtown, 8 mi
- Green Hillcommunity, 9 mi
- Daytontown, 9 mi
- Otterbeintown, 10 mi
- Buck Creekcommunity, 11 mi
- Romneycommunity, 11 mi
- Stockwellcommunity, 12 mi
Airports near Purdue University Airport
- Frankfort Clinton County Regional AirportFKR, 22 mi
- White County AirportMCX, 22 mi
- Crawfordsville Regional AirportCFJ, 30 mi
- Logansport Cass County AirportGGP, 36 mi
- Jasper County AirportRZL, 39 mi
- Grissom Air Reserve BaseGUS, 44 mi
- Indianapolis Executive AirportTYQ, 45 mi
- Kokomo Municipal AirportOKK, 47 mi