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Ridgeville, Indiana

Town in Randolph County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Ridgeville

Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Muncie (IN), 6 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ridgeville

0.22 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.22in
Last 3 days
0.22in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ridgeville, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ridgeville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

PortlandPLD

At an airfield/11.3 mi away/914 ft/81 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank756of 1,111

Gas CityIN008

Beside a road/30.4 mi away/891 ft/104 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank777of 1,111

measured daily2 instruments

(WD9DCN) Redkey 2.6 ENEIN-JY-24

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.7 mi away/1,006 ft/11 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Citizen station K9UO, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 8.0 mi from Ridgeville, Indiana. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the southwest (214 degrees) at 4 mph, gusting 10 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station K9UO, north up: blowing from 214 degrees, the southwest, at 4 miles an hour, gusting 10; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT K9UOFIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION K9UOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 214°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station K9UO, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP K9UOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K9UO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 942 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.92 inHg and the temperature at 55.6 F; the station's altimeter setting of 29.79 inHg means its barometer reads 28.79 inHg; it reports 71.0 F, 15.4 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station K9UO stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 942 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.92 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.6 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 29.79 and the station pressure it means, 28.79.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT K9UOFIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION K9UO STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION K9UO3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT942 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.92 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.6 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED29.79 inHgITS BAROMETER READS28.79 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED71.0 FTITLECitizen station K9UO, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP K9UOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K9UO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 41 degrees above the horizon at 40.40 N, and the day is 10 h 57 min long. Level ground there takes 65 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station K9UO, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 41 degrees above the horizon, against 73 at the June solstice, 50 at the equinoxes and 26 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 57 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT K9UOFIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION K9UOELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 73°EQUINOXES 50°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 26°OCT 16, 41°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 57 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 65 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 40.40 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station K9UO, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP K9UOTYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K9UO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station K9UO, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Davis Purdue Agricultural Center (FRMI3), 6.8 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 Ridgeville

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

Near Ridgeville

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