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Oxford, Indiana

Town in Benton County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Oxford

Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lafayette (IN), 22 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good21.8 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Oxford

0.21 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.21in
Last 3 days
0.21in

Visibility

How far you can see at Oxford, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 10 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Oxford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

FowlerIN042

Beside a road/9.0 mi away/823 ft/86 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank731of 1,111

LafayetteLAF

At an airfield/18.1 mi away/597 ft/140 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank249of 1,111

measured daily2 instruments

Oxford 3.6 NIN-BT-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/793 ft/56 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Hg Expl FarmWLFI3

On a farm or research station/13.6 mi away/712 ft/25 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Lafayette, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.1 mi from Oxford, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:20 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 800 ft, broken at 3,000 ft, overcast at 3,700 ft; the ceiling is 3,000 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Lafayette, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 800 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,700 feet, the ceiling at 3,000 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.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 3,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 800 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLELafayette, 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

68.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Lafayette: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 68.0 F, 66.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 west (260 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lafayette, north up: blowing from 260 degrees, the west, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 23; 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 260°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 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 Hg Expl Farm (WLFI3), 13.6 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Indiana

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Near Oxford

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Near Oxford

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