Temperature
73 F at 10 PM; 76 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 66 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 73F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 76F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 66F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Effingham County Memorial Airport, Illinois
Small airport in Effingham County, Illinois72°
80°/64°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 72°·Gentle breeze 8 mph W
Coming up. Tomorrow is 22 degrees cooler: a high of 58° after 80° today.
Now. Effingham County Memorial Airport is 72° and mostly cloudy at 10 PM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the west at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 49° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 14 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
86%Humidity
74%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
72feels72
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 15
8064
90%
Fri
Oct 16
5847
22%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5937
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6533
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7138
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7441
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7644
overcast
72°
80°64°
58°47°
59°37°
65°33°
71°38°
74°41°
76°44°
As of 10:00 PM in Effingham County Memorial Airport, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Effingham County Memorial Airport
Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Vincennes (IN), 58 miles off.
21Good
- Ozone21Good-
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Effingham County Memorial Airport
1.30 in in the last 24 hours, 1.65 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.30in
- Last 3 days
- 1.65in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 79%
Visibility
How far you can see at Effingham County Memorial Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 1H2
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 587 ft
- Serves
- Effingham
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 1H2
- Wind now
- From 210° at 8 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 3,400 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 7° / 187° | 7 mph head, on 19 | 3 mph from the right |
| 11 / 29 | 5,103 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 113° / 293° | 1 mph head, on 29 | 8 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Effingham (1H2), Effingham County Memorial Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 70 F, the air 91% saturated; the humidity ran from 91% at 10 PM to 94% at 1 PM.
- Dew point now
- 70F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 91%
- Humidity, range
- 91 to 94%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the south southwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 8 mph, 10 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 10 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.92 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.17 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.92inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.17inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 7 AM, under a mile for 5 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 7 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 5
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 1 PM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 8,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 1 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
1.30 in measured in the gauge, the most, 1.09 in, in the hour to 11 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.30in
- Wettest hour
- 1.09in
- 11 AM
- Hours with some
- 3
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Effingham: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Effingham County Memorial Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Effingham1H2
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/587 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
FloraFOAI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/28.4 mi away/490 ft/97 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-57 @ IL-16 MattoonSS0305
Beside a road/30.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
EffinghamEFMI2
At a cooperative observer's station/2.5 mi away/554 ft/33 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Effingham 0.7 ESEIL-EF-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/584 ft/3 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Effingham (EFMI2), 2.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Illinois
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Effingham County Memorial Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Effingham County Memorial Airport
- Flora Municipal AirportFOA, 28 mi
- Olney Noble AirportOLY, 31 mi
- Coles County Memorial AirportMTO, 31 mi
- Salem-Leckrone AirportSLO, 38 mi
- Robinson Municipal AirportRSV, 48 mi
- Fairfield Municipal AirportFWC, 48 mi
- Centralia Municipal AirportENL, 49 mi
- Taylorville Municipal AirportTAZ, 53 mi