Storm Station
Fairbury, Illinois
53°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 53°·Light air 3 mph E
Patchy fog before 9am. Mostly sunny. High near 74, with temperatures falling to around 72 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
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89%Humidity
53%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Fairbury, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

PontiacPNT

At an airfield/13.6 mi away/659 ft/25 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank324of 417

measured daily2 instruments

Fairbury 0.6 NWIL-LV-25

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/686 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Fairbury WWTPFRBI2

At a water treatment plant/0.8 mi away/669 ft/15 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Pontiac, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.6 mi from Fairbury. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 8:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Pontiac, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PNTFIG. A THE SKY OVER PONTIACSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPontiac, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PNTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PNT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

56.7 F with a dew point of 55.8 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 Pontiac: temperature 56.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.8, 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 PNTFIG. B THE AIR AT PONTIACTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.6 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 56.7 F, 55.8 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 POINTTITLEPontiac, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PNTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PNT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Pontiac, 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 PNTFIG. C THE WIND AT PONTIACPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPontiac, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PNTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PNT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Pontiac, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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