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Scipio, Indiana

Community in Jennings County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Scipio

Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Columbus (IN), 15 miles off.

43Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)43Good14.8 mi
  • Ozone-29 ppb15.7 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Scipio

None in the last 24 hours; 0.08 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.08in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Scipio, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Scipio 2.2 NNWIN-JN-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/687 ft/2 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station WW9M, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 15.5 mi from Scipio, Indiana. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station WW9M, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WW9MFIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION WW9MPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR1GUST, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station WW9M, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP WW9MTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WW9M-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 680 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.19 inHg and the temperature at 56.6 F; the station's altimeter setting of 29.86 inHg means its barometer reads 29.13 inHg; it reports 70.0 F, 13.4 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station WW9M stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 680 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.19 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.6 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 29.86 and the station pressure it means, 29.13.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WW9MFIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION WW9M 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 WW9M2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT680 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 HERE29.19 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.6 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED29.86 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.13 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED70.0 FTITLECitizen station WW9M, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP WW9MTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WW9M-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 42 degrees above the horizon at 39.18 N, and the day is 11 h 00 min long. Level ground there takes 67 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station WW9M, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 42 degrees above the horizon, against 74 at the June solstice, 51 at the equinoxes and 27 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 00 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WW9MFIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION WW9MELEVATION 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 74°EQUINOXES 51°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 27°OCT 16, 42°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 00 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 67 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 39.18 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station WW9M, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP WW9MTYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WW9M-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station WW9M, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at North Vernon 2 ESE (NVNI3), 8.0 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 Scipio

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

Near Scipio

River and lake gauges