La PortePPO
At an airfield/2.4 mi away/791 ft/18 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for La Porte until 11 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 3 PM, the chance peaking at 64% around 5 PM.
Now. La Porte is 54° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 53°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 14 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 37° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (59%). Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:04 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:55 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 day is 11 hours 5 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in La Porte, Indiana.
Air quality
Index 10, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, South Bend (IN), 22 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 27, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.34 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over La Porte, IndianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest La Porte, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
La PortePPO
At an airfield/2.4 mi away/791 ft/18 ft below here
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I-94 @ US-421IN002
Beside a road/9.8 mi away/659 ft/150 ft below here
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Trail Creek At Michigan City04095300
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.6 mi away/583 ft/226 ft below here
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Citizen station WB9FQSWB9FQS
In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.1 mi away/636 ft/173 ft below here
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measured daily2 instruments
La Porte 0.0 WNWIN-LP-48
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/804 ft/5 ft below here
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LaporteLAPI3
At a cooperative observer's station/0.7 mi away/804 ft/5 ft below here
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Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 2.4 mi from La Porte, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Broken at 2,200 ft, overcast at 2,800 ft; the ceiling is 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
55.4 F with a dew point of 55.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.
From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.
The full report of La Porte, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Laporte (LAPI3), 0.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:58. 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.