Storm Station
New Minden, Illinois
60°
Mostly clear· Feels like 60°·Calm 0 mph N
A slight chance of rain showers before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. Northeast wind 0 to 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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-Air quality
78%Humidity
31%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest New Minden, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

CentraliaENL

At an airfield/16.0 mi away/535 ft/73 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank322of 417

measured daily2 instruments

Hoyleton 2.8 WNWIL-WS-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/462 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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CentraliaCNTI2

At a cooperative observer's station/12.3 mi away/472 ft/10 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Centralia, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.0 mi from New Minden. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 6:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 11,000 ft; the ceiling is 11,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Centralia, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 11,000 feet, the ceiling at 11,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ENLFIG. A THE SKY OVER CENTRALIASECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 11,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 11,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECentralia, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ENLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ENL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

56.7 F with a dew point of 55.6 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 11,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Centralia: temperature 56.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.6, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 11,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ENLFIG. B THE AIR AT CENTRALIATHE 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 F70 FSATURATES 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.3 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 11,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 56.7 F, 55.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLECentralia, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ENLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ENL-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 Centralia, 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 ENLFIG. C THE WIND AT CENTRALIAPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECentralia, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ENLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ENL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Centralia, in 6 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 New Minden

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