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Columbia City, Indiana

City in Whitley County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Columbia City

Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Fort Wayne (IN), 18 miles off.

56Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate7.3 mi
  • Ozone12Good16 ppb25 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Columbia City

None in the last 24 hours; 0.29 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.29in

Visibility

How far you can see at Columbia City, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 3 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Columbia City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Columbia City 0.2 NWIN-WY-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/867 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Columbia CityCOLI3

At a cooperative observer's station/1.1 mi away/820 ft/47 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Fort Wayne - Smith, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.6 mi from Columbia City, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,400 ft, broken at 1,800 ft, overcast at 7,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Wayne - Smith, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 7,500 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SMDFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT WAYNE - SMITHSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 7,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,400 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Wayne - Smith, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SMDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SMD-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

71.6 F with a dew point of 71.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Fort Wayne - Smith: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 71.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SMDFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT WAYNE - SMITHTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 71.6 F, 71.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEFort Wayne - Smith, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SMDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SMD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 17 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fort Wayne - Smith, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 17 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SMDFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT WAYNE - SMITHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Wayne - Smith, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SMDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SMD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Wayne - Smith, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Columbia City (COLI3), 1.1 miles from here, read 7 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Indiana

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