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Trail Creek, Indiana

Town in LaPorte County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Trail Creek

Index 31, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Hammond-Gary (IN), 27 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
  • Ozone17Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)31Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Trail Creek

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.30in

Visibility

How far you can see at Trail Creek, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Trail Creek, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

LaporteLAPI3

At a cooperative observer's station/8.8 mi away/804 ft/174 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank14of 1,111

Station report

The weather at Michigan City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.9 mi from Trail Creek, Indiana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,300 ft; the ceiling is 2,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Michigan City, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, the ceiling at 2,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGCFIG. A THE SKY OVER MICHIGAN CITYSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMichigan City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MGCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 46.4 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Michigan City: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.4, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGCFIG. B THE AIR AT MICHIGAN CITYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 46.4 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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 POINTTITLEMichigan City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MGCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Michigan City, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGCFIG. C THE WIND AT MICHIGAN CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMichigan City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MGCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Laporte (LAPI3), 8.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:58. measured daily

Elsewhere in Indiana

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

Near Trail Creek

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

Near Trail Creek

River and lake gauges