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New Richmond, Indiana

Town in Montgomery County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at New Richmond

Index 65, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Lafayette (IN), 18 miles off.

65Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)65Moderate-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at New Richmond

0.24 in in the last 24 hours, 0.28 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.24in
Last 3 days
0.28in

Visibility

How far you can see at New Richmond, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 9 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest New Richmond, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

LafayetteLAF

At an airfield/15.4 mi away/597 ft/187 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank249of 1,111

CovingtonIN041

Beside a road/24.6 mi away/560 ft/224 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank731of 1,111

measured daily2 instruments

Linden 0.3 NIN-MY-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/787 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Oneal Purdue FarmOPDI3

On a farm or research station/12.2 mi away/705 ft/79 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Lafayette, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.4 mi from New Richmond, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,200 ft, overcast at 3,900 ft; the ceiling is 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lafayette, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,900 feet, the ceiling at 2,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LAFFIG. A THE SKY OVER LAFAYETTESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELafayette, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LAFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LAF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.0 F with a dew point of 43.0 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Lafayette: temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.0, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LAFFIG. B THE AIR AT LAFAYETTETHE 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 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE 51.0 FDEW POINT 43.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLELafayette, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LAFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LAF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lafayette, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LAFFIG. C THE WIND AT LAFAYETTEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELafayette, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LAFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LAF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Oneal Purdue Farm (OPDI3), 12.2 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Indiana

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

Near New Richmond

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

Near New Richmond

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