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Dunkirk, Indiana

City in Jay County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Dunkirk

Index 12, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Muncie (IN), 14 miles off.

12Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-
  • Ozone12Good7 ppb5.2 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Dunkirk

0.15 in in the last 24 hours, 0.23 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.15in
Last 3 days
0.23in

Visibility

How far you can see at Dunkirk, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Dunkirk, 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

PortlandPLD

At an airfield/12.7 mi away/914 ft/39 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank756of 1,111

Gas CityIN008

Beside a road/19.3 mi away/891 ft/62 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank777of 1,111

measured daily2 instruments

Dunkirk 0.2 WIN-JY-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/954 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Portland, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.7 mi from Dunkirk, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,400 ft; the ceiling is 1,400 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Portland, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, the ceiling at 1,400 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PLDFIG. A THE SKY OVER PORTLANDSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEPortland, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PLDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PLD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

54.7 F with a dew point of 44.2 F, 68 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Portland: temperature 54.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.2, 68 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PLDFIG. B THE AIR AT PORTLANDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE 54.7 FDEW POINT 44.2 FSPREAD 10.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 68 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 POINTTITLEPortland, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PLDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PLD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Portland, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PLDFIG. C THE WIND AT PORTLANDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPortland, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PLDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PLD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Hartford City 4ESE (HRRI3), 6.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Indiana

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Dunkirk

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

Near Dunkirk

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