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Portland, Indiana

City in Jay County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Portland

Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Muncie (IN), 6 miles off.

12Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone12Good8 ppb16.6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Portland

0.12 in in the last 24 hours, 0.16 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.12in
Last 3 days
0.16in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Portland, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

PortlandPLD

At an airfield/1.3 mi away/914 ft/6 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank756of 1,111

Gas CityIN008

Beside a road/30.0 mi away/891 ft/17 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank777of 1,111

measured daily2 instruments

Portland 0.6 EIN-JY-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/913 ft/5 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Portland 1SWPLDI3

At a cooperative observer's station/1.3 mi away/919 ft/11 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Portland, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.3 mi from Portland, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Portland, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, the ceiling at 1,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PLDFIG. A THE SKY OVER PORTLANDSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPortland, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PLDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PLD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.4 F with a dew point of 46.2 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Portland: temperature 57.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.2, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PLDFIG. B THE AIR AT PORTLANDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,500 FTTEMPERATURE 57.4 FDEW POINT 46.2 FSPREAD 11.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 66 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 POINTTITLEPortland, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PLDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PLD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (270 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Portland, north up: blowing from 270 degrees, the west, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PLDFIG. C THE WIND AT PORTLANDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 270°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPortland, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PLDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PLD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Portland, 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 Portland

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

Near Portland

River and lake gauges