Citizen station FW7278FW7278
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/635 ft/148 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 9 degrees warmer: a high of 87° after 78° today.
Now. Randolph County State Recreation Area is 54° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 78° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 87°, and the coolest Sunday, near 81°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:35 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 15% lit, and rises at 3:46 AM after midnight. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 37 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Randolph County State Recreation Area, Illinois.
Air quality
Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Farrar (MO), 19 miles off.
No smoke near the ground through Wed 7 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Tue 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Wed 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Randolph County State Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station FW7278FW7278
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/635 ft/148 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
SpartaSAR
At an airfield/13.6 mi away/538 ft/51 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
64 @ IL-160SS1911
Beside a road/38.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Rain Gage At Scott Air Force Base383209089513901
On a military installation/39.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Chester 0.4 SEIL-RH-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/657 ft/170 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ChesterCHSI2
At a cooperative observer's station/5.1 mi away/341 ft/146 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Chester (CHSI2), 5.1 miles from here, read 5 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.