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Fairmount, Indiana

Town in Grant County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Fairmount

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Kokomo (IN), 28 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-20.3 mi
  • Ozone15Good14 ppb20.3 mi

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fairmount

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fairmount, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fairmount, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MarionMZZ

At an airfield/5.3 mi away/859 ft/8 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank462of 1,111

Gas CityIN008

Beside a road/6.8 mi away/891 ft/24 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank777of 1,111

measured daily2 instruments

Fairmount 0.6 NIN-GR-39

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/871 ft/4 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Marion 2NMZZI3

At a cooperative observer's station/11.3 mi away/794 ft/73 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank16of 1,111

Station report

The weather at Marion, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.3 mi from Fairmount, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,400 ft; the ceiling is 3,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Marion, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,400 feet, the ceiling at 3,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MZZFIG. A THE SKY OVER MARIONSECTION, 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 3,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMarion, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MZZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MZZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

71.0 F with a dew point of 66.7 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Marion: temperature 71.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.7, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MZZFIG. B THE AIR AT MARIONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,400 FTTEMPERATURE 71.0 FDEW POINT 66.7 FSPREAD 4.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLEMarion, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MZZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MZZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Marion, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, 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 MZZFIG. C THE WIND AT MARIONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMarion, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MZZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MZZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Marion 2N (MZZI3), 11.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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