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

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Conditions at 0:22 am CST on 01/19/2026 (DOY 019 06:22 GMT)
(Updated every 15 minutes)
Wind Speed:   20.0 kts   (10.3 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:   22.2 kts   (11.4 m/s)
Wind Direction:   223° (SW)
Air Temperature:   18.9 °F   (-7.3 °C)
Wind Chill:   1.7 °F   (-16.8 °C)
Dew Point:   18.9 °F   (-7.3 °C)
Relative Humidity:   100.0 %
PAR:   0 uEinst/m2/sec
Station Pressure:   29.105 in Hg.   (985.6 mb)
Sea Level Pressure:   29.839 in Hg.   (1010.5 mb)
Data & Plots of Previous 3 Hours (2 minute increments)
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
m/s 		Wind
Gust
m/s 		Peak
Wind
m/s 		Wind
Dir
deg 		Air
Tmp
C 		Dew
Pt
C 		Rel
Hum
% 		Sta
Press
mb 		PAR
uE/
m2/s
20260190000 9.6 11.3 14.1 220 -7.4 -7.4 100.0 985.8 0
20260182300 8.2 9.2 11.8 222 -7.3 -7.3 100.0 986.4 0
20260182200 9.1 10.4 12.0 216 -7.5 -7.5 100.0 987.1 0
20260182100 10.9 12.3 12.3 225 -7.5 -7.5 99.9 987.9 0
20260182000 9.7 11.4 14.3 223 -7.6 -7.6 99.9 988.6 0
20260181900 6.6 7.4 12.3 213 -7.8 -7.8 99.9 988.9 0
20260181800 5.2 5.8 7.3 196 -8.2 -8.2 99.9 988.9 0
20260181700 5.8 7.4 7.8 195 -8.2 -9.6 89.6 989.1 0
20260181600 5.4 6.8 8.3 187 -8.3 -11.0 80.7 989.1 0
20260181500 5.3 6.4 8.7 204 -8.2 -11.7 76.1 989.9 0
20260181400 7.0 8.1 10.0 202 -8.8 -12.5 75.0 990.0 185
20260181300 7.8 9.0 10.1 210 -9.4 -12.5 78.6 990.2 329
20260181200 6.0 8.7 10.6 200 -9.8 -12.7 79.5 991.4 713
20260181100 7.8 8.6 11.5 217 -10.1 -11.9 86.8 993.2 493
20260181000 6.9 8.3 10.5 213 -10.8 -11.9 91.4 993.9 713
20260180900 8.1 9.2 9.8 215 -11.4 -11.6 98.6 994.2 329
20260180800 7.3 9.5 11.2 214 -11.8 -12.2 96.7 994.0 165
20260180700 8.2 9.4 10.3 206 -12.2 -12.2 99.8 994.0 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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