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Austin, Indiana

City in Scott County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Austin

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Columbus (IN), 34 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Austin

0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 0.71 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.11in
Last 3 days
0.71in

Visibility

How far you can see at Austin, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Austin, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MadisonIMS

At an airfield/18.4 mi away/796 ft/237 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank944of 1,111

measured daily2 instruments

Austin 1.8 ENEIN-SC-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/571 ft/12 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Madison, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.4 mi from Austin, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,600 ft, broken at 3,100 ft, overcast at 9,500 ft; the ceiling is 3,100 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Madison, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 9,500 feet, the ceiling at 3,100 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IMSFIG. A THE SKY OVER MADISONSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 9,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,600 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLEMadison, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IMSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IMS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

52.7 F with a dew point of 49.3 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Madison: temperature 52.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.3, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IMSFIG. B THE AIR AT MADISONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE 52.7 FDEW POINT 49.3 FSPREAD 3.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLEMadison, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IMSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IMS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Madison, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IMSFIG. C THE WIND AT MADISONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMadison, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IMSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IMS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at North Vernon 2 ESE (NVNI3), 20.6 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Indiana

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

Near Austin

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

Near Austin

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