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Needmore, Indiana

Community in Lawrence County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Needmore

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Bloomington (IN), 16 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Needmore

0.96 in in the last 24 hours, 1.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.96in
Last 3 days
1.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Needmore, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 10 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Needmore, 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 now5 instruments

BedfordBFR

At an airfield/7.4 mi away/719 ft/65 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank917of 1,118

measured daily2 instruments

Bedford 5.1 NNWIN-LW-33

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/678 ft/24 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Bedford, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.4 mi from Needmore, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Bedford, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BFRFIG. A THE SKY OVER BEDFORDSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBedford, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BFRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BFR-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 46.4 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Bedford: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.4, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BFRFIG. B THE AIR AT BEDFORDTHE 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 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 46.4 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLEBedford, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BFRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BFR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Bedford, north up: at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BFRFIG. C THE WIND AT BEDFORDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBedford, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BFRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BFR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Purdue Experiment Farm (OTCI3), 3.3 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 Needmore

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

Near Needmore

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