Temperature
72 F at 12 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 10 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 8 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 72F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 72F
- 10 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 61F
- 8 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport is 71° and light rain at 3 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the west at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 53° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:03 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 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 3:00 AM in Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport, Indiana.
Air quality
Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Indianapolis (IN), 15 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.19 in in the last 24 hours, 0.22 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 | 4,004 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 146° / 326° | 1 mph head, on 15 | 9 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Indy Metro (UMP), Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
72 F at 12 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 10 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 8 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 72 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 84% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 6 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
8 mph from the southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 7 PM Thursday, with a gust of 21 mph at 7 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.85 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.03 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 1 mile at 5 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 200 ft at 5 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.02 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 5 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Indy Metro: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Indianapolis Metropolitan 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
Indy MetroUMP
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/794 ft/17 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-69 at 106th StreetIN058
Beside a road/1.4 mi away/809 ft/2 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Fishers 0.9 SSWIN-HM-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/800 ft/11 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
White River North Purification PlantCMLI3
At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/745 ft/66 ft below 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.