Temperature
40 F at 5 AM; 57 F at its warmest, 6 AM Friday, and 40 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 40F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 57F
- 6 AM Friday
- Lowest
- 40F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Indianapolis Regional Airport, Indiana
Small airport in Hancock County, Indiana* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected. * WHERE...Portions of central and east central Indiana. * WHEN...From 2 AM to 9 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
40°
55°/36°
Clear·
Feels like 34°·Gentle breeze 10 mph N
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Indianapolis Regional Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 9 degrees warmer: a high of 64° after 55° today.
Now. Indianapolis Regional Airport is 40° and clear at 5 AM. With the wind it feels like 34°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 64°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:58 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 6 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
99%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
40feels34
now, clear
Today
Oct 17
5536
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6432
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6836
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7138
clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7240
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7342
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 23
7345
clear day
40°
55°36°
64°32°
68°36°
71°38°
72°40°
73°42°
73°45°
As of 5:00 AM in Indianapolis Regional Airport, Indiana.
Air quality
The air at Indianapolis Regional Airport
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Indianapolis (IN), 16 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good11.6 mi
- Ozone18Good19 ppb6.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)3Good11.6 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide0Good0.3 ppb11.6 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb11.6 mi
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 16
- GoodTodayOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
- ModerateMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Indianapolis Regional Airport
0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 1.90 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.06in
- Last 3 days
- 1.90in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 3%
Visibility
How far you can see at Indianapolis Regional Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Mon 2 AM, lowest 7 miles Sun 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MQJ
- ICAO
- KMQJ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 862 ft
- Serves
- Indianapolis
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MQJ
- Wind now
- From 350° at 10 mph, read 17 Oct, 05:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 6,005 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 70° / 250° | 2 mph head, on 07 | 10 mph from the left |
| 16 / 34 | 3,902 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 160° / 340° | 10 mph head, on 34 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Indianapolis Mount Comfort (MQJ), Indianapolis Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 40 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 86% at 4 PM Friday to 100% at 6 AM Friday.
- Dew point now
- 40F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 86 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
11 mph from the north at 5 AM; at its strongest 19 mph, 7 AM Friday, with a gust of 28 mph at 12 AM.
- Now
- 11mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 19mph
- 7 AM Friday
- Highest gust
- 28mph
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.39 inHg at 5 AM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.44 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.39inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.44inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 6 PM Friday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 6 PM Friday
- 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 7 PM Friday; a base was reported in 16 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 7 PM Friday
- Hours with a base reported
- 16
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.02 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 6 AM Friday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 6 AM Friday
- Hours with some
- 9
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Indianapolis Regional 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/856 ft/6 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/7.3 mi away/859 ft/3 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Mccordsville 3.0 SIN-HN-21
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/866 ft/4 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Castleton 2SBMCI3
At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/823 ft/39 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 Castleton 2S (BMCI3), 8.6 miles from here, read 16 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 Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- McCordsvilletown, 5 mi
- Lawrencecity, 5 mi
- Cumberlandtown, 5 mi
- Philadelphiacommunity, 5 mi
- Spring Laketown, 5 mi
- Maxwellcommunity, 7 mi
- Fortvilletown, 7 mi
- Greenfieldcity, 8 mi
- Edencommunity, 8 mi
- New Palestinetown, 8 mi
- Ingallstown, 9 mi
- Warren Parktown, 9 mi
Airports near Indianapolis Regional Airport
- Indianapolis Metropolitan AirportUMP, 10 mi
- Indy South Greenwood AirportHFY, 18 mi
- Shelbyville Municipal AirportGEZ, 18 mi
- Eagle Creek AirparkEYE, 21 mi
- Indianapolis Executive AirportTYQ, 23 mi
- Indianapolis International AirportIND, 23 mi
- Anderson Municipal Darlington FieldAID, 24 mi
- New Castle-Henry County Municipal AirportUWL, 30 mi