Now. Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal is 58° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. Fresh breeze from the west-northwest at 21 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 59° by 12 AM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 77°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:14 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:09 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 8 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal, Illinois.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Bloomington and Normal (IL), 18 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 53, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 0.36 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 8,000 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 18° / 198° | 9 mph head, on 02 | 21 mph from the left |
| 11 / 29 | 6,525 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 108° / 288° | 21 mph head, on 29 | 9 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Bloomington/Norm (BMI), Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
64 F at 10 PM Thursday; 71 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 58 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 64 F, the air 99% saturated; the humidity ran from 84% at 1 AM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
21 mph from the west northwest at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 21 mph, 10 PM Thursday, with a gust of 36 mph at 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.91 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.21 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 1 mile at 4 PM Thursday; 2 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 2 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.09 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Bloomington/Norm: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal, 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/876 ft/5 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-51 @ HeyworthSS1921
Beside a road/12.1 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Illinois River AT Peoria L/DPRAI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/39.2 mi away/463 ft/408 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bloomington 3.9 ESEIL-MCL-56
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/853 ft/18 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 mi away/768 ft/103 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Bloomington Waterworks (BMGI2), 4.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.