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Earl Park, Indiana

Town in Benton County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Earl Park

Index 8, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Lafayette (IN), 34 miles off.

8Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Earl Park

0.13 in in the last 24 hours, 0.16 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.13in
Last 3 days
0.16in

Visibility

How far you can see at Earl Park, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 10 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Earl Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

FowlerIN042

Beside a road/5.8 mi away/823 ft/24 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank731of 1,111

RensselaerRZL

At an airfield/21.8 mi away/699 ft/100 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank720of 1,111

measured daily2 instruments

Earl Park 1.4 SIN-BT-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/764 ft/35 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Foresman RiverFSMI3

At a cooperative observer's station/13.9 mi away/643 ft/156 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Rensselaer, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.8 mi from Earl Park, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,000 ft, scattered at 3,000 ft, overcast at 3,800 ft; the ceiling is 3,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Rensselaer, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,800 feet, the ceiling at 3,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RZLFIG. A THE SKY OVER RENSSELAERSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 3,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERensselaer, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RZLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RZL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 44.6 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 2,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Rensselaer: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 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 2,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RZLFIG. B THE AIR AT RENSSELAERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,000 FTTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 44.6 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 POINTTITLERensselaer, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RZLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RZL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rensselaer, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RZLFIG. C THE WIND AT RENSSELAERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERensselaer, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RZLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RZL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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