Storm Station
Machesney Park, Illinois
52°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 52°·Light air 3 mph E
Patchy fog before 9am. Partly sunny. High near 71, with temperatures falling to around 69 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
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83%Humidity
64%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Machesney Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

RockfordRFD

At an airfield/11.4 mi away/722 ft/8 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1of 417

Kishwaukee Valley RdIMC02

Beside a road/19.4 mi away/817 ft/87 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank413of 417

ShabbonaSBNI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/36.5 mi away/863 ft/133 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank157of 417

Shabbona 5 NNE54811

At a climate reference station/36.7 mi away/861 ft/131 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Machesney Park 1.3 SSWIL-WN-42

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/733 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Belvidere 1WBELI2

At a cooperative observer's station/11.2 mi away/751 ft/21 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Rockford, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.4 mi from Machesney Park. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 7:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 10,000 ft, broken at 25,000 ft; the ceiling is 25,000 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Rockford, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 25,000 feet, the ceiling at 25,000 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RFDFIG. A THE SKY OVER ROCKFORDSECTION, 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 STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 25,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 10,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 25,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLERockford, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RFDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RFD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014, FB-SKY-010, FB-SKY-011, FB-SKY-012

The air

52.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 10,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Rockford: temperature 52.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 10,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RFDFIG. B THE AIR AT ROCKFORDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.5 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 10,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 52.0 F, 50.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLERockford, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RFDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RFD-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 Rockford, 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 RFDFIG. C THE WIND AT ROCKFORDPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLERockford, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RFDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RFD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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