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Buffalo, Indiana

Community in White County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Buffalo

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Lafayette (IN), 32 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Buffalo

0.05 in in the last 24 hours, 0.12 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.05in
Last 3 days
0.12in

Visibility

How far you can see at Buffalo, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 10 miles Sun 7 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Buffalo, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

LogansportIN047

Beside a road/15.2 mi away/639 ft/27 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank747of 1,118

measured daily2 instruments

Monticello 5.5 NNWIN-WH-19

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/658 ft/8 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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FrancesvilleFRCI3

At a cooperative observer's station/10.3 mi away/686 ft/20 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank99of 1,118

Station report

The weather at Monticello, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.1 mi from Buffalo, Indiana. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 12:35 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 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MCX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

46.2 F with a dew point of 38.5 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Monticello: temperature 46.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.5, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.8 FTEMPERATURE 46.2 FDEW POINT 38.5 FSPREAD 7.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MCX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Monticello, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 17; 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 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMonticello, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MCXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Indiana

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

Near Buffalo

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

Near Buffalo

River and lake gauges