Storm Station
Murphysboro, Illinois
67°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 67°·Light breeze 5 mph NNE
A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Wind around 0 mph.
-UV
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55%Humidity
50%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Murphysboro, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Carbondale/MurphMDH

At an airfield/5.1 mi away/427 ft/11 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank416of 417

Crab Orchard Fire WeatherCOWI2

On a farm or research station/19.5 mi away/433 ft/17 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank37of 417

measured daily2 instruments

Murphysboro 0.2 NEIL-JK-35

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/404 ft/12 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MurphysboroMURI2

At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/512 ft/96 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Crab Orchard Fire Weather, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 19.5 mi from Murphysboro. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:55 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 52.4 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Crab Orchard Fire Weather: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 52.4, 98 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT COWI2FIG. B THE AIR AT CRAB ORCHARD FIRE WEATHERTHE 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 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 52.3 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 53.0 F, 52.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 POINTTITLECrab Orchard Fire Weather, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP COWI2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-COWI2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Crab Orchard Fire Weather, 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 COWI2FIG. C THE WIND AT CRAB ORCHARD FIRE WEATHERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR1GUST, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECrab Orchard Fire Weather, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP COWI2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-COWI2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 433 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.46 inHg and the temperature at 57.5 F; it reports 53.0 F, 4.5 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Crab Orchard Fire Weather stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 433 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.46 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.5 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT COWI2FIG. D WHERE CRAB ORCHARD FIRE WEATHER STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECRAB ORCHARD FIRE WEATHER2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT433 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.46 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.5 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED53.0 FTITLECrab Orchard Fire Weather, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP COWI2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-COWI2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Crab Orchard Fire Weather, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Illinois

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

Near Murphysboro

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