Temperature
64 F at 4 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 58 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 64F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 72F
- 12 AM
- Lowest
- 58F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Delaware County Johnson Field is 67° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. Fresh breeze from the west at 22 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 50° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 8 AM, with some cloud. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
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 10:55 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 9 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in Delaware County Johnson Field, Indiana.
Air quality
Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Muncie (IN), 25 miles off.
Yesterday measured 39, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.08 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 5,198 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 16° / 196° | 2 mph head, on 03 | 26 mph from the left |
| 14 / 32 | 6,500 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | 23 mph head, on 32 | 11 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Muncie (MIE), Delaware County Johnson Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
64 F at 4 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 58 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 61 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 73% at 12 PM Thursday to 95% at 8 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
24 mph from the west northwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 24 mph, 4 AM, with a gust of 38 mph at 4 AM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.86 inHg at 4 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.26 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 6 miles at 8 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 800 ft at 10 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.08 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.07 in, in the hour to 6 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Muncie: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Delaware County Johnson Field, 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
measured daily2 instruments
Muncie 4.1 NIN-DL-62
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/930 ft/7 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MuncieMIEI3
At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/942 ft/5 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.