Storm Station
Old Shawneetown, Illinois
68°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 68°·Light air 3 mph NNW
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Northeast wind around 1 mph.
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47%Humidity
47%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Old Shawneetown, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.4 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

HarrisburgHSB

At an airfield/23.9 mi away/397 ft/46 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank320of 417

Dixon Springs-RAWSDSFI2

A remote fire weather station/34.3 mi away/541 ft/190 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank87of 417

measured daily2 instruments

Shawneetown 3.1 WSWIL-GL-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/667 ft/316 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Shawneetown 3WSWSWNI2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/397 ft/46 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Harrisburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.9 mi from Old Shawneetown. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

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

Section of the sky over Harrisburg, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 10,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HSBFIG. A THE SKY OVER HARRISBURGSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 10,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 10,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHarrisburg, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HSBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HSB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

56.5 F with a dew point of 54.5 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 Harrisburg: temperature 56.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 54.5, 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 HSBFIG. B THE AIR AT HARRISBURGTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.0 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 10,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 56.5 F, 54.5 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 POINTTITLEHarrisburg, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HSBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HSB-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 Harrisburg, 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 HSBFIG. C THE WIND AT HARRISBURGPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEHarrisburg, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HSBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-HSB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Harrisburg, 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 Old Shawneetown

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