Storm Station
Gibson City, Illinois
53°
Mostly clear· 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.
-UV
-Air quality
74%Humidity
37%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Gibson City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

RantoulTIP

At an airfield/17.0 mi away/738 ft/10 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank281of 417

Urbana [CCOOP]URBI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/27.3 mi away/722 ft/26 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank306of 417

Champaign 9 SW54808

At a climate reference station/28.8 mi away/700 ft/48 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Gibson City 3.0 WNWIL-FD-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/803 ft/55 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

FisherFSHI2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.4 mi away/717 ft/31 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Rantoul, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.0 mi from Gibson City. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:50 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 Rantoul, 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 TIPFIG. A THE SKY OVER RANTOULSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLERantoul, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TIPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TIP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 47.3 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Rantoul: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.3, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TIPFIG. B THE AIR AT RANTOULTHE 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 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.9 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 49.0 F, 47.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLERantoul, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TIPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TIP-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 Rantoul, 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 TIPFIG. C THE WIND AT RANTOULPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLERantoul, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TIPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TIP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Fisher (FSHI2), 10.4 miles from here, read 21 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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Near Gibson City

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