Citizen station KD9BKHKD9BKH
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/815 ft/30 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Now. Roachdale is 70° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the west-southwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 50° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:07 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:03 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 10 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Roachdale, Indiana.
Air quality
Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Indianapolis (IN), 33 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 54, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.31 in in the last 24 hours, 0.36 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 8 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Roachdale, IndianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Roachdale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station KD9BKHKD9BKH
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/815 ft/30 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Big Raccoon Creek Near Fincastle03340800
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.6 mi away/686 ft/159 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/10.7 mi away/799 ft/46 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
CloverdaleIN011
Beside a road/21.9 mi away/832 ft/13 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Ladoga 3.4 EIN-MY-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/897 ft/52 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Crawfordsville 5SCWVI3
At a cooperative observer's station/10.5 mi away/797 ft/48 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 10.7 mi from Roachdale, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Broken at 2,000 ft, broken at 3,200 ft, overcast at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
69.0 F with a dew point of 66.7 F, 92 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 2,000 ft.
From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Crawfordsville, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Crawfordsville 5S (CWVI3), 10.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.