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Aberdeen, Indiana

Community in Porter County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Aberdeen

Index 35, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Hammond-Gary (IN), 15 miles off.

35Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)35Good-
  • Ozone13Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)31Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 40, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Aberdeen

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.19 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.19in

Visibility

How far you can see at Aberdeen, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 2 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Aberdeen, IndianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Aberdeen, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ValparaisoVPZ

At an airfield/5.8 mi away/758 ft/11 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 1,111

measured daily2 instruments

Valparaiso 3.9 SWIN-PT-111

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/730 ft/39 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Valparaiso, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.8 mi from Aberdeen, Indiana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:25 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,500 ft, overcast at 2,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Valparaiso, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VPZFIG. A THE SKY OVER VALPARAISOSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEValparaiso, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VPZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VPZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Valparaiso: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VPZFIG. B THE AIR AT VALPARAISOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,500 FTTEMPERATURE 68.0 FDEW POINT 65.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEValparaiso, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VPZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VPZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (260 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Valparaiso, north up: blowing from 260 degrees, the west, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VPZFIG. C THE WIND AT VALPARAISOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 260°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEValparaiso, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VPZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VPZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Valparaiso, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Indiana

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Aberdeen

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Aberdeen

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