Citizen station DW7253DW7253
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/793 ft/12 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 4 PM (62%).
Now. Donaldson is 54° and overcast at 12 PM. The dew point is 52°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 14 mph, gusting to 31 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:04 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:55 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 PM in Donaldson, Indiana.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, South Bend (IN), 22 miles off.
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 27, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.
Precipitation
0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 0.70 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 5 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Donaldson, IndianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Donaldson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station DW7253DW7253
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/793 ft/12 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Yellow River At Plymouth05516500
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.4 mi away/764 ft/17 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
PlymouthC65
At an airfield/7.4 mi away/801 ft/20 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
ArgosIN004
Beside a road/12.7 mi away/829 ft/48 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Plymouth 7.7 WIN-ML-31
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/745 ft/36 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PlymouthPMTI3
At a cooperative observer's station/5.8 mi away/820 ft/39 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 7.4 mi from Donaldson, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Broken at 2,000 ft, broken at 2,400 ft, overcast at 2,900 ft; the ceiling is 2,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
53.6 F with a dew point of 53.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,000 ft.
From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.
The full report of Plymouth, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Plymouth (PMTI3), 5.8 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:30. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.