Temperature
71 F at 10 PM; 71 F at its warmest, 9 PM, and 57 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 71F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 71F
- 9 PM
- Lowest
- 57F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow afternoon, from about 3 PM (63%).
Now. Starke County Airport is 71° and mostly cloudy at 10 PM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Moderate breeze from the southwest at 16 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 50° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (96%) and Saturday (63%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 9 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in Starke County Airport, Indiana.
Air quality
Index 46, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, South Bend (IN), 30 miles off.
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 unlit | 3,096 ft | 145 ft | Grass | 90° / 270° | 16 mph head, on 27 | 6 mph from the left |
| 18 / 36 | 5,002 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 6 mph head, on 18 | 16 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Knox (OXI), Starke County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
71 F at 10 PM; 71 F at its warmest, 9 PM, and 57 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 71 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 78% at 12 PM to 100% at 7 PM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
16 mph from the west southwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 16 mph, 10 PM, with a gust of 26 mph at 10 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.77 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.38 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 9 AM, under a mile for 5 hours; 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; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Knox: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Starke County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
KnoxOXI
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/685 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Knox - Yellow RiverKXNI3
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.9 mi away/686 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
ArgosIN004
Beside a road/21.7 mi away/829 ft/144 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Knox WWTPKNXI3
At a water treatment plant/2.5 mi away/711 ft/26 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Hanna 1.1 EIN-LP-53
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.6 mi away/687 ft/2 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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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.