Storm Station
Joy, Illinois
58° 73°/56°
Overcast· Feels like 58°·Light air 4 mph ENE
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. East wind around 5 mph.
0UV Low
-Air quality
90%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
58feels58
now, overcast
Today
Sep 27
7356
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
7356
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
7854
24%
13mph
overcast
Wed
Sep 30
8265
50%
12mph
drizzle light
Thu
Oct 1
7155
73%
16mph
showers light
Fri
Oct 2
6246
37%
13mph
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
6743
22%
overcast
58°
73°56°
73°56°
78°54°
82°65°
71°55°
62°46°
67°43°

As of 4:00 AM in Joy, Illinois.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Joy, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.8 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

MolineMLI

At an airfield/26.0 mi away/594 ft/98 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank13of 417

measured daily2 instruments

Aledo 0.7 NNWIL-MR-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.8 mi away/725 ft/33 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

AledoALEI2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.9 mi away/709 ft/17 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Moline, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 26.0 mi from Joy. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 7,000 ft; the ceiling is 7,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Moline, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, the ceiling at 7,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MLIFIG. A THE SKY OVER MOLINESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 7,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMoline, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MLITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MLI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

60.0 F with a dew point of 54.0 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Moline: temperature 60.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 54.0, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MLIFIG. B THE AIR AT MOLINETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 52.6 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 7,000 FTTEMPERATURE 60.0 FDEW POINT 54.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLEMoline, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MLITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MLI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (80 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Moline, north up: blowing from 80 degrees, the east, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MLIFIG. C THE WIND AT MOLINEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 80°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMoline, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MLITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MLI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Aledo (ALEI2), 6.9 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 08:15. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Joy

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.