Temperature
73 F at 12 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 59 F at its coolest, 8 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 73F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 73F
- 12 AM
- Lowest
- 59F
- 8 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Portland Municipal Airport, Indiana
Small airport in Jay County, Indiana72°
58°/51°
Overcast·
Feels like 72°·Moderate breeze 14 mph WSW
Now. Portland Municipal Airport is 72° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the west-southwest at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 51° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. 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 6:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:53 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
41Air quality
71%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
72feels72
14mph
Today
Oct 16
5851
75%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5436
17%
14mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6232
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6737
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6940
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
7042
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7243
mostly clear day
72°
58°51°
54°36°
62°32°
67°37°
69°40°
70°42°
72°43°
As of 2:00 AM in Portland Municipal Airport, Indiana.
Air quality
The air at Portland Municipal Airport
Index 41, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Muncie (IN), 7 miles off.
41Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)41Good-
- Ozone17Good18 ppb17 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 39, good.
GoodModerate
- 39YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Portland Municipal Airport
0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 0.17 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.11in
- Last 3 days
- 0.17in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 65%
Visibility
How far you can see at Portland Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PLD
- ICAO
- KPLD
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 925 ft
- Serves
- Portland
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- PLD
- Wind now
- From 220° at 14 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 5,505 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 88° / 268° | 9 mph head, on 27 | 10 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Portland (PLD), Portland Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 63 F, the air 71% saturated; the humidity ran from 54% at 1 PM Thursday to 74% at 10 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 71%
- Humidity, range
- 54 to 74%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
14 mph from the southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 22 mph at 8 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 14mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 14mph
- 12 AM
- Highest gust
- 22mph
- 8 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.83 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.33 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.83inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.03inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.33inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 6 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 6 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 900 ft at 9 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 900ft
- 9 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.05 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.05 in, in the hour to 6 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.05in
- Wettest hour
- 0.05in
- 6 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Portland: 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 Portland Municipal 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
measured daily2 instruments
Portland 0.6 EIN-JY-17
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/913 ft/12 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Portland 1SWPLDI3
At a cooperative observer's station/2.3 mi away/919 ft/6 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Indiana
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Portland Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Portland Municipal Airport
- Delaware County Johnson FieldMIE, 26 mi
- Marion Municipal AirportMZZ, 36 mi
- Huntington Municipal AirportHHG, 37 mi
- Fort Wayne International AirportFWA, 38 mi
- Anderson Municipal Darlington FieldAID, 40 mi
- New Castle-Henry County Municipal AirportUWL, 44 mi
- Richmond Municipal AirportRID, 49 mi
- Smith FieldSMD, 49 mi