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Cross Plains, Indiana

Community in Ripley County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Cross Plains

Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Northern Kentucky (KY), 30 miles off.

48Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)48Good-
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cross Plains

None in the last 24 hours; 0.46 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.46in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cross Plains, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 11 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cross Plains, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

VersaillesIN039

Beside a road/8.6 mi away/751 ft/202 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank731of 1,111

MadisonIMS

At an airfield/18.7 mi away/796 ft/157 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank944of 1,111

measured daily2 instruments

Moores Hill 5EMHLI3

At a cooperative observer's station/15.8 mi away/829 ft/124 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank217of 1,111

Station report

The weather at Versailles, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 8.6 mi from Cross Plains, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:26 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

71.1 F with a dew point of 65.3 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Versailles: temperature 71.1 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.3, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IN039FIG. B THE AIR AT VERSAILLESTHE 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 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.9 FTEMPERATURE 71.1 FDEW POINT 65.3 FSPREAD 5.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLEVersailles, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS IN039TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IN039-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 1 mph, gusting 2 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 3 mph.

Plan of the wind at Versailles, north up: at 1 miles an hour, gusting 2; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IN039FIG. C THE WIND AT VERSAILLESPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEVersailles, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS IN039TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IN039-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 751 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.12 inHg and the temperature at 56.3 F; it reports 71.1 F, 14.8 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Versailles stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 751 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.12 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.3 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IN039FIG. D WHERE VERSAILLES STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREVERSAILLES3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT751 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.12 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.3 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED71.1 FTITLEVersailles, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS IN039TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IN039-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Versailles, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Elsewhere in Indiana

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