Now. Litchfield Municipal Airport is 58° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the west-northwest at 19 mph, gusting to 30 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 59° by 12 AM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:19 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:17 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Litchfield Municipal Airport, Illinois.
Air quality
Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, St. Louis (Metro-east) (IL), 44 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 39, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
1.40 in in the last 24 hours, 1.50 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 12 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 3,901 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 18 mph head, on 27 | 10 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 4,003 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 11 mph head, on 36 | 18 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Litchfield (3LF), Litchfield Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
66 F at 10 PM Thursday; 76 F at its warmest, 5 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 64 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 77% at 8 PM Thursday to 98% at 2 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
18 mph from the northwest at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 18 mph, 10 PM Thursday, with a gust of 35 mph at 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.98 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.10 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 1 mile at 12 PM Thursday; 4 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
1.42 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.93 in, in the hour to 12 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Litchfield: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Litchfield Municipal 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
Litchfield3LF
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/689 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-70 @ IL-140SS0493
Beside a road/28.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mississippi River At Alton IlALOI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/33.3 mi away/423 ft/267 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Litchfield 0.6 SWIL-MY-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/689 ft/1 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Mount OliveMTOI2
At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/663 ft/27 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.