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Napoleon, Indiana

Town in Ripley County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Napoleon

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Columbus (IN), 30 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Napoleon

None in the last 24 hours; 0.17 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.17in

Visibility

How far you can see at Napoleon, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 7 miles Fri 12 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Napoleon, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

VersaillesIN039

Beside a road/11.0 mi away/751 ft/219 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank731of 1,111

measured daily2 instruments

Napoleon 0.2 ESEIN-RP-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/986 ft/16 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Moores Hill 5EMHLI3

At a cooperative observer's station/19.2 mi away/829 ft/141 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank217of 1,111

Station report

The weather at Batesville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.5 mi from Napoleon, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 800 ft, broken at 1,100 ft, overcast at 1,800 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Batesville, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 800 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HLBFIG. A THE SKY OVER BATESVILLESECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBatesville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HLBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HLB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Batesville: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HLBFIG. B THE AIR AT BATESVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.6 F, 62.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEBatesville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HLBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HLB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Batesville, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HLBFIG. C THE WIND AT BATESVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBatesville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HLBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HLB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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