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

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Conditions at 11:06 am CST on 01/13/2025 (DOY 013 17:06 GMT)
(Updated every 15 minutes)
Wind Speed:   20.4 kts   (10.5 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:   22.9 kts   (11.8 m/s)
Wind Direction:   259° (W)
Air Temperature:   14.5 °F   (-9.7 °C)
Wind Chill:   -4.2 °F   (-20.1 °C)
Dew Point:   10.1 °F   (-12.2 °C)
Relative Humidity:   82.2 %
PAR:   575 uEinst/m2/sec
Station Pressure:   29.424 in Hg.   (996.4 mb)
Sea Level Pressure:   30.173 in Hg.   (1021.8 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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(images in summer updated every 30 minutes,
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
20250131100 19.2 22.6 22.9 254 14.4 10.3 83.6 29.43 829
20250131000 21.8 24.5 25.7 256 13.5 10.9 89.3 29.42 336
20250130900 24.1 27.0 29.9 261 13.3 11.0 90.4 29.39 178
20250130800 25.5 30.7 34.8 252 14.0 11.4 89.3 29.37 0
20250130700 27.0 29.2 33.2 250 14.7 12.1 89.1 29.34 0
20250130600 21.6 24.7 31.3 258 15.8 12.8 87.6 29.34 0
20250130500 22.9 26.4 30.5 251 17.2 14.9 90.4 29.30 0
20250130400 26.6 29.2 29.5 251 17.8 14.8 87.8 29.29 0
20250130300 25.7 29.9 31.9 248 19.4 16.0 86.5 29.29 0
20250130200 31.3 34.2 34.2 250 20.8 17.0 84.9 29.26 0
20250130100 28.8 32.9 33.8 260 22.6 17.1 79.0 29.23 0
20250130000 29.0 32.5 33.0 241 23.9 17.7 77.0 29.23 0
20250122300 28.8 32.7 35.4 253 26.4 18.8 72.8 29.21 0
20250122200 29.9 33.2 34.0 253 27.7 20.9 75.5 29.20 0
20250122100 27.0 29.2 34.0 247 28.4 22.2 77.4 29.18 0
20250122000 27.2 30.1 36.5 262 28.8 21.9 75.2 29.17 0
20250121900 29.0 32.1 34.8 256 29.5 24.4 81.0 29.15 0
20250121800 29.5 32.1 38.7 246 30.2 28.0 91.5 29.12 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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