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Otterbein, Indiana

Town in Benton County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Otterbein

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lafayette (IN), 14 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Otterbein

0.15 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.15in
Last 3 days
0.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Otterbein, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 10 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Otterbein, 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 now4 instruments

LafayetteLAF

At an airfield/10.0 mi away/597 ft/111 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank249of 1,111

FowlerIN042

Beside a road/16.9 mi away/823 ft/115 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank731of 1,111

measured daily2 instruments

Otterbein 0.2 SSWIN-BT-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/707 ft/1 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Hg Expl FarmWLFI3

On a farm or research station/5.3 mi away/712 ft/4 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Lafayette, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.0 mi from Otterbein, Indiana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 1,300 ft, broken at 8,000 ft, overcast at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 8,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lafayette, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 8,000 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 10,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 8,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 1,300 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 8,000 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, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 70.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Lafayette: temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 70.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 69.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE 73.0 FDEW POINT 70.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lafayette, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle 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 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG 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 Hg Expl Farm (WLFI3), 5.3 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 Otterbein

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Near Otterbein

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