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Helmsburg, Indiana

Community in Brown County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Helmsburg

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Bloomington (IN), 13 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good13.4 mi
  • Ozone-13 ppb0.6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Helmsburg

0.56 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.

Last 24 hours
0.56in
Last 3 days
0.70in

Visibility

How far you can see at Helmsburg, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 7 miles Fri 8 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Helmsburg, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Morgantown 6.4 SIN-BR-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/740 ft/39 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MartinsvilleMARI3

At a cooperative observer's station/12.3 mi away/591 ft/110 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank808of 1,111

Station report

The weather at Bloomington, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.1 mi from Helmsburg, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 10,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Bloomington, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 10,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BMGFIG. A THE SKY OVER BLOOMINGTONSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 10,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 10,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBloomington, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BMGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BMG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 44.0 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 10,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Bloomington: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 10,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BMGFIG. B THE AIR AT BLOOMINGTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.6 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 10,000 FTTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 44.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLEBloomington, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BMGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BMG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 7 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Bloomington, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 7 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BMGFIG. C THE WIND AT BLOOMINGTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBloomington, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BMGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BMG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Martinsville (MARI3), 12.3 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Indiana

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

Near Helmsburg

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

Near Helmsburg

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