Citizen station FW3812FW3812
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.4 mi away/840 ft/17 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Now. Laud is 60° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. Moderate breeze from the west at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 49° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° 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 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:52 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 7 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Laud, Indiana.
Air quality
Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Fort Wayne (IN), 15 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
0.28 in in the last 24 hours, 0.38 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 Sun 2 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Laud, IndianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Laud, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station FW3812FW3812
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.4 mi away/840 ft/17 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Little River Near Huntington03324000
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.5 mi away/723 ft/134 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
HuntingtonHHG
At an airfield/13.5 mi away/801 ft/56 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
North ManchesterIN054
Beside a road/19.0 mi away/753 ft/104 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Columbia City 4.6 SIN-WY-17
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/842 ft/15 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Columbia CityCOLI3
At a cooperative observer's station/7.0 mi away/820 ft/37 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 13.5 mi from Laud, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Scattered at 800 ft, overcast at 1,300 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
57.4 F with a dew point of 57.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.
From the west (270 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.
The full report of Huntington, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Columbia City (COLI3), 7.0 miles from here, read 7 Oct, 07:00. 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.