Storm Station
Sims, Indiana
57°
Clear· Feels like 57°·Light air 2 mph NE
Mostly clear, with a low around 43. Wind around 0 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
75%Humidity
10%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 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 now2 instruments

MarionMZZ

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

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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KokomoIN007

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

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank301of 362

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

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Kokomo, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 14.9 mi from Sims. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:47 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

45.9 F with a dew point of 45.1 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Kokomo: temperature 45.9 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.1, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IN007FIG. B THE AIR AT KOKOMOTHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.9 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 45.9 F, 45.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEKokomo, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS IN007TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IN007-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Kokomo, 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 IN007FIG. C THE WIND AT KOKOMOPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEKokomo, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS IN007TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IN007-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 776 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.09 inHg and the temperature at 56.2 F; it reports 45.9 F, 10.3 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Kokomo stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 776 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.09 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IN007FIG. D WHERE KOKOMO 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 ATMOSPHEREKOKOMO3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT776 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 HERE29.09 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED45.9 FTITLEKokomo, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS IN007TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IN007-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Kokomo, in 5 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 26 Sep, 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.