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Newbern, Indiana

Community in Bartholomew County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Newbern

Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Columbus (IN), 8 miles off.

43Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)43Good7.6 mi
  • Ozone-29 ppb3.9 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Newbern

0.51 in in the last 24 hours, 0.98 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.51in
Last 3 days
0.98in

Visibility

How far you can see at Newbern, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Newbern, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Columbus 9.0 ENEIN-BW-30

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/677 ft/8 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ColumbusBAKI3

At a cooperative observer's station/9.8 mi away/620 ft/65 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Columbus I - 65 @ SR 46, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 11.7 mi from Newbern, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:21 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

70.2 F with a dew point of 69.9 F, 99 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Columbus I - 65 @ SR 46: temperature 70.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.9, 99 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IN035FIG. B THE AIR AT COLUMBUS I - 65 @ SR 46THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 69.8 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 70.2 F, 69.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 99 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 POINTTITLEColumbus I - 65 @ SR 46, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS IN035TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IN035-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (225 degrees) at 2 mph, gusting 5 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 5 mph.

Plan of the wind at Columbus I - 65 @ SR 46, north up: blowing from 225 degrees, the southwest, at 2 miles an hour, gusting 5; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IN035FIG. C THE WIND AT COLUMBUS I - 65 @ SR 46PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 225°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEColumbus I - 65 @ SR 46, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS IN035TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IN035-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 646 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.23 inHg and the temperature at 56.7 F; it reports 70.2 F, 13.5 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Columbus I - 65 @ SR 46 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 646 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.23 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.7 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IN035FIG. D WHERE COLUMBUS I - 65 @ SR 46 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECOLUMBUS I - 65 @ SR 462 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT646 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.23 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.7 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED70.2 FTITLEColumbus I - 65 @ SR 46, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS IN035TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IN035-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Columbus I - 65 @ SR 46, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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