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Michigan City, IN  (MCYI3)  41° 43´ 43" N,   86° 54´ 45" W

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Conditions at 2:52 pm CST on 01/13/2026 (DOY 013 20:52 GMT)
(Updated every 15 minutes)
Wind Speed:   19.6 kts   (10.1 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:   23.9 kts   (12.3 m/s)
Wind Direction:   208° (SSW)
Air Temperature:   47.3 °F   (8.5 °C)
Dew Point:   35.3 °F   (1.8 °C)
Relative Humidity:   62.8 %
PAR:   164 uEinst/m2/sec
Station Pressure:   28.827 in Hg.   (976.2 mb)
Sea Level Pressure:   29.513 in Hg.   (999.4 mb)
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Data & Plots of Previous 5 Days (hourly increments)
         1 Day Windrose Plot, 5 Day Windrose Plot, (explanation)         
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in winter at 8:33a, 12:33p, 2:33p, and 4:33p CST)

[Live Webcam Image from Michigan City, IN Met Station Camera 1]

[Live Webcam Image from Michigan City, IN Met Station Camera 2]

[Live Webcam Image from Michigan City, IN Met Station Camera 3]

12-hr animations:  1  2  3
Previous 48 images:  1  2  3
All Images (past 10 days)

Nearby Webcam (external site):
Michigan City, IN courtesy of WeatherBug.com

-------------- Previous 18 Hours (at top of hour)  [English] [Metric] --------------
YEARDOY CST Wind
Spd
kts 		Wind
Gust
kts 		Peak
Wind
kts 		Wind
Dir
deg 		Air
Tmp
F 		Dew
Pt
F 		Rel
Hum
% 		Sta
Press
in 		PAR
uE/
m2/s
20260131400 17.1 19.8 23.9 222 48.9 34.5 57.1 28.82 485
20260131300 16.9 21.2 21.8 236 44.1 34.2 67.9 28.84 773
20260131200 21.6 23.5 24.3 240 42.8 33.0 67.9 28.86 540
20260131100 20.6 23.7 29.0 225 42.3 31.4 65.2 28.89 390
20260131000 21.6 25.7 31.1 201 40.6 31.0 68.3 28.90 164
20260130900 17.3 23.5 30.3 199 40.3 30.7 68.4 28.93 0
20260130800 17.3 22.2 27.6 187 38.8 30.7 72.2 28.95 0
20260130700 16.1 20.0 24.9 177 37.8 30.6 75.0 29.00 0
20260130600 14.2 16.7 20.8 179 37.4 30.5 75.9 29.04 0
20260130500 12.2 15.6 22.4 165 36.7 30.5 78.1 29.07 0
20260130400 11.7 15.7 18.1 170 36.1 30.7 80.3 29.12 0
20260130300 10.9 14.4 18.7 180 35.8 30.8 82.0 29.18 0
20260130200 10.3 14.6 18.7 169 35.8 31.1 82.8 29.21 0
20260130100 9.3 10.3 15.6 183 36.3 30.8 80.1 29.25 0
20260130000 12.8 14.4 17.1 203 39.4 30.2 69.3 29.28 0
20260122300 11.7 13.6 17.7 195 37.6 31.5 78.6 29.30 0
20260122200 10.3 12.2 18.9 189 36.9 32.0 82.4 29.32 0
20260122100 11.3 12.4 15.0 209 36.9 31.9 82.0 29.34 0
Note: Peak wind is max wind gust during entire hour
Note: Wind chill is set to -99 if air temp > 40 F or wind speed < 3 mph

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The NDBC station ID for this station is: MCYI3
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