Temperature
70 F at 1 AM; 71 F at its warmest, 10 PM Thursday, and 58 F at its coolest, 8 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 70F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 71F
- 10 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 58F
- 8 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 1 AM (58%).
Now. White County Airport is 68° and light rain at 1 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the west at 12 mph, gusting to 22 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 50° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (58%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:05 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:59 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 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in White County Airport, Indiana.
Air quality
Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Lafayette (IN), 20 miles off.
Yesterday measured 12, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.28 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.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 5,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 179° / 359° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Monticello (MCX), White County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
70 F at 1 AM; 71 F at its warmest, 10 PM Thursday, and 58 F at its coolest, 8 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 66 F, the air 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 70% at 12 PM Thursday to 93% at 8 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
12 mph from the west southwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 9 PM Thursday, with a gust of 23 mph at 11 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.81 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.33 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 700 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.05 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 4 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Monticello: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest White County 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 now2 instruments
MonticelloMCX
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/670 ft/6 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
LogansportIN047
Beside a road/14.5 mi away/639 ft/37 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Monticello 3.1 SIN-CR-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/617 ft/59 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Chalmers 5WCHRI3
At a cooperative observer's station/10.3 mi away/722 ft/46 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Chalmers 5W (CHRI3), 10.3 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 06:20. 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.