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Brookston, Indiana

Town in White County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Brookston

Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lafayette (IN), 12 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good11.7 mi
  • Ozone-15 ppb17.1 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Brookston

0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 0.23 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
0.23in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 4 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Brookston, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Brookston 0.2 SEIN-WH-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/672 ft/5 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Chalmers 5WCHRI3

At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/722 ft/45 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank931of 1,111

Station report

The weather at Monticello, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.1 mi from Brookston, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Monticello, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MCXFIG. A THE SKY OVER MONTICELLOSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMonticello, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MCXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MCX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

69.6 F with a dew point of 65.5 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Monticello: temperature 69.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.5, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MCXFIG. B THE AIR AT MONTICELLOTHE 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 1,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.5 FTEMPERATURE 69.6 FDEW POINT 65.5 FSPREAD 4.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEMonticello, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MCXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MCX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Monticello, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MCXFIG. C THE WIND AT MONTICELLOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMonticello, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MCXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MCX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Chalmers 5W (CHRI3), 6.5 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 06:20. measured daily

Elsewhere in Indiana

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

Near Brookston

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

Near Brookston

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