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Orleans, Indiana

Town in Orange County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Orleans

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Bloomington (IN), 35 miles off.

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

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Orleans

0.19 in in the last 24 hours, 0.90 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.19in
Last 3 days
0.90in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 3 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Orleans, 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 now5 instruments

BedfordBFR

At an airfield/12.4 mi away/719 ft/92 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank898of 1,111

LoogooteeIN014

Beside a road/24.9 mi away/526 ft/101 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank731of 1,111

measured daily2 instruments

Orleans 0.2 ENEIN-OR-30

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/640 ft/13 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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French Lick 3NFRLI3

At a cooperative observer's station/9.7 mi away/610 ft/17 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Bedford, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.4 mi from Orleans, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,900 ft, overcast at 4,500 ft; the ceiling is 3,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Bedford, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,500 feet, the ceiling at 3,900 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,900 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

53.6 F with a dew point of 44.6 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Bedford: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.6, 71 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,900 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,900 FTTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 44.6 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 71 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 6 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 6 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, 6 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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Indiana

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

Near Orleans

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

Near Orleans

River and lake gauges