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Crown Point, Indiana

City in Lake County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Crown Point

Index 32, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Hammond-Gary (IN), 11 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good21.3 mi
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)32Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Crown Point

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.25 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.25in

Visibility

How far you can see at Crown Point, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 5 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Crown Point, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Crown Point 1.1 SWIN-LK-106

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/758 ft/34 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Crown Point 1NCRPI3

At a cooperative observer's station/1.7 mi away/699 ft/25 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Gary Regional, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.2 mi from Crown Point, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:08 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 3,000 ft, broken at 5,500 ft, overcast at 7,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Gary Regional, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GYYFIG. A THE SKY OVER GARY REGIONALSECTION, 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 STATIONOVC 7,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 5,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 3,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGary Regional, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GYYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GYY-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

53.6 F with a dew point of 48.2 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Gary Regional: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GYYFIG. B THE AIR AT GARY REGIONALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 3,000 FTTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 48.2 FSPREAD 5.4 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 POINTTITLEGary Regional, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GYYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GYY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 36 mph, gusting 52 mph: force 7, a near gale on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 52 mph.

Plan of the wind at Gary Regional, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 36 miles an hour, gusting 52; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 7, near gale, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GYYFIG. C THE WIND AT GARY REGIONALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32NOW, 36 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE47GUST, 52 MPH10STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGary Regional, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GYYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GYY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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