FrankfortFKR
At an airfield/2.9 mi away/858 ft/14 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Now. Frankfort is 55° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 18 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 57° by 5 AM. 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 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:05 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11 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 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Frankfort, Indiana.
Air quality
Index 0, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Lafayette (IN), 21 miles off.
Yesterday measured 22, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
0.14 in in the last 24 hours, 0.19 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Frankfort, IndianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Frankfort, 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
FrankfortFKR
At an airfield/2.9 mi away/858 ft/14 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Prairie Creek Near Lebanon03339280
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.2 mi away/859 ft/15 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station EW3660EW3660
In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.8 mi away/781 ft/63 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
US31@SR38IN043
Beside a road/23.9 mi away/951 ft/107 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Frankfort 0.6 NIN-CL-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/848 ft/4 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/1.3 mi away/823 ft/21 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 2.9 mi from Frankfort, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Broken at 700 ft, overcast at 1,200 ft; the ceiling is 700 ft.
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 700 ft.
From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.
The full report of Frankfort, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Frankfort Disposal Plant (FRKI3), 1.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 09:00. 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.