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Sims, Indiana

Community in Grant County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Sims

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Kokomo (IN), 15 miles off.

15Good
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 14, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sims

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.07in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Sims, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MarionMZZ

At an airfield/9.3 mi away/859 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank462of 1,111

KokomoIN007

Beside a road/14.9 mi away/776 ft/84 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank731of 1,111

measured daily2 instruments

Swayzee 0.1 WIN-GR-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/865 ft/5 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

KokomoKKMI3

At a cooperative observer's station/11.7 mi away/866 ft/6 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank502of 1,111

Station report

The weather at Marion, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.3 mi from Sims, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,000 ft, broken at 1,500 ft, overcast at 2,400 ft; the ceiling is 1,500 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Marion, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, the ceiling at 1,500 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MZZFIG. A THE SKY OVER MARIONSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEMarion, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MZZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MZZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

66.4 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Marion: temperature 66.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MZZFIG. B THE AIR AT MARIONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE 66.4 FDEW POINT 63.0 FSPREAD 3.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLEMarion, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MZZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MZZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (270 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Marion, north up: blowing from 270 degrees, the west, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MZZFIG. C THE WIND AT MARIONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 270°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMarion, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MZZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MZZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Kokomo (KKMI3), 11.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Indiana

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Sims

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

Near Sims

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