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Coal City, Indiana

Community in Owen County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Coal City

Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Terre Haute (IN), 26 miles off.

51Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate17.1 mi
  • Ozone16Good24 ppb17.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 50, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Coal City

0.70 in in the last 24 hours, 0.75 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.70in
Last 3 days
0.75in

Visibility

How far you can see at Coal City, the next 45 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Coal City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Shakamak State ParkSHKI3

In a park or preserve/11.5 mi away/528 ft/127 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Terre Haute, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.9 mi from Coal City, Indiana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 10,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Terre Haute, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 10,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HUFFIG. A THE SKY OVER TERRE HAUTESECTION, 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 FTBKN 10,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 10,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLETerre Haute, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HUFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HUF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 71.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 10,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Terre Haute: temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 71.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 10,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HUFFIG. B THE AIR AT TERRE HAUTETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 70.4 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 10,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 73.0 F, 71.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLETerre Haute, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HUFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HUF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Terre Haute, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HUFFIG. C THE WIND AT TERRE HAUTEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETerre Haute, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HUFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HUF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Terre Haute, 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.

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

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