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Long Beach, Indiana

Town in LaPorte County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Long Beach

Index 50, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Hammond-Gary (IN), 29 miles off.

50Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)50Good19.9 mi
  • Ozone18Good20 ppb3.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)39Good17.5 mi

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Long Beach

0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 0.53 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.07in
Last 3 days
0.53in

Visibility

How far you can see at Long Beach, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 5 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Long Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

LaporteLAPI3

At a cooperative observer's station/11.0 mi away/804 ft/165 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank14of 1,111

Station report

The weather at Michigan City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.1 mi from Long Beach, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,100 ft, overcast at 2,600 ft; the ceiling is 2,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Michigan City, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, the ceiling at 2,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGCFIG. A THE SKY OVER MICHIGAN CITYSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMichigan City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MGCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 44.6 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Michigan City: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGCFIG. B THE AIR AT MICHIGAN CITYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,100 FTTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 44.6 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLEMichigan City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MGCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Michigan City, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGCFIG. C THE WIND AT MICHIGAN CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMichigan City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MGCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Laporte (LAPI3), 11.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:58. measured daily

Elsewhere in Indiana

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

Near Long Beach

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

Near Long Beach

River and lake gauges