Storm Station
Sign in

Parker City, Indiana

Town in Randolph County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Parker City

Index 37, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Muncie (IN), 17 miles off.

37Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good-
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Parker City

0.31 in in the last 24 hours, 0.41 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.31in
Last 3 days
0.41in

Visibility

How far you can see at Parker City, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Parker City, 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

MuncieMIE

At an airfield/10.8 mi away/935 ft/87 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank305of 1,111

New CastleIN010

Beside a road/24.5 mi away/1,098 ft/76 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank869of 1,111

measured daily2 instruments

(K9EKP) Parker City 0.3 NEIN-RN-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/1,022 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Muncie, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.8 mi from Parker City, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:20 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,300 ft, broken at 1,800 ft, overcast at 4,300 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Muncie, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MIEFIG. A THE SKY OVER MUNCIESECTION, 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 4,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLEMuncie, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MIETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MIE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

72.0 F with a dew point of 69.0 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 Muncie: temperature 72.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.0, 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 MIEFIG. B THE AIR AT MUNCIETHE 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 68.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE 72.0 FDEW POINT 69.0 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 POINTTITLEMuncie, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MIETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MIE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Muncie, north up: at 7 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 MIEFIG. C THE WIND AT MUNCIEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMuncie, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MIETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MIE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Davis Purdue Agricultural Center (FRMI3), 5.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Indiana

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

Near Parker City

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

Near Parker City

River and lake gauges