Storm Station
Pinckneyville, Illinois
62°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 62°·Calm 1 mph NE
A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy. High near 75, with temperatures falling to around 73 in the afternoon. North northeast wind around 3 mph.
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72%Humidity
59%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Pinckneyville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

SpartaSAR

At an airfield/18.1 mi away/538 ft/109 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank281of 417

measured daily2 instruments

PinckneyvillePNKI2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.5 mi away/417 ft/12 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Coulterville 5.5 EIL-PY-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.6 mi away/554 ft/125 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Sparta, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.1 mi from Pinckneyville. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 6:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 8,000 ft, overcast at 11,000 ft; the ceiling is 8,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sparta, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 11,000 feet, the ceiling at 8,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SARFIG. A THE SKY OVER SPARTASECTION, 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 FTOVC 11,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 8,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 8,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESparta, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SARTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SAR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 57.2 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 8,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Sparta: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.2, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 8,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SARFIG. B THE AIR AT SPARTATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 57.0 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 8,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.0 F, 57.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLESparta, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SARTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SAR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Sparta, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 5 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 SARFIG. C THE WIND AT SPARTAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESparta, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SARTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SAR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Illinois

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