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Scottsburg, Indiana

City in Scott County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Scottsburg

Index 60, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Louisville (KY), 35 miles off.

60Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)60Moderate-
  • Ozone28Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)42Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 49, good.

Smoke, the next 46 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 Scottsburg

None in the last 24 hours; 0.37 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.37in

Visibility

How far you can see at Scottsburg, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 9 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Scottsburg, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MadisonIMS

At an airfield/17.6 mi away/796 ft/230 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank944of 1,111

measured daily2 instruments

Scottsburg 1.7 SWIN-SC-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/601 ft/35 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Madison Sewage PlantMSPI3

At a cooperative observer's station/21.3 mi away/459 ft/107 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Madison, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.6 mi from Scottsburg, Indiana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 10,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Madison, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IMSFIG. A THE SKY OVER MADISONSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 10,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMadison, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IMSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IMS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

73.2 F with a dew point of 66.7 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 10,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Madison: temperature 73.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.7, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 10,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IMSFIG. B THE AIR AT MADISONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.2 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 10,000 FTTEMPERATURE 73.2 FDEW POINT 66.7 FSPREAD 6.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLEMadison, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IMSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IMS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Madison, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IMSFIG. C THE WIND AT MADISONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMadison, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IMSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IMS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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