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New Pekin, Indiana

Town in Washington County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at New Pekin

Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Louisville (KY), 29 miles off.

58Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)58Moderate-
  • Ozone34Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)44Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 60, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at New Pekin

None in the last 24 hours; 0.53 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.53in

Visibility

How far you can see at New Pekin, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest New Pekin, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

ScottsburgIN036

Beside a road/17.5 mi away/597 ft/141 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank753of 1,111

JeffersonJVY

At an airfield/17.8 mi away/468 ft/270 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank894of 1,111

measured daily2 instruments

CorydonCOYI3

At a cooperative observer's station/20.5 mi away/587 ft/151 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Jefferson, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.8 mi from New Pekin, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Jefferson, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JVYFIG. A THE SKY OVER JEFFERSONSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEJefferson, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JVYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JVY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Jefferson: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 73 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JVYFIG. B THE AIR AT JEFFERSONTHE 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 F80 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.5 FTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 62.6 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 73 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 POINTTITLEJefferson, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JVYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JVY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Jefferson, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 7 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 JVYFIG. C THE WIND AT JEFFERSONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEJefferson, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JVYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JVY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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