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Thorntown, Indiana

Town in Boone County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Thorntown

Index 6, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Lafayette (IN), 24 miles off.

6Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Thorntown

0.21 in in the last 24 hours, 0.28 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.21in
Last 3 days
0.28in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 8 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Thorntown, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

FrankfortFKR

At an airfield/10.3 mi away/858 ft/2 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank381of 1,111

measured daily2 instruments

Thorntown 0.1 NNWIN-BN-44

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/856 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

LebanonLEBI3

At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/942 ft/86 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank15of 1,111

Station report

The weather at Frankfort, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.3 mi from Thorntown, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 600 ft, broken at 900 ft, overcast at 4,100 ft; the ceiling is 600 ft.

Section of the sky over Frankfort, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,100 feet, the ceiling at 600 feet.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FKRFIG. A THE SKY OVER FRANKFORTSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 600 FTTITLEFrankfort, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FKRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FKR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.2 F with a dew point of 57.2 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Frankfort: temperature 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.2, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FKRFIG. B THE AIR AT FRANKFORTTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.2 F, 57.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEFrankfort, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FKRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FKR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 16 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Frankfort, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 16 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FKRFIG. C THE WIND AT FRANKFORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFrankfort, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FKRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FKR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Lebanon (LEBI3), 8.6 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 Thorntown

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

Near Thorntown

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