Temperature
52 F at 1 AM; 66 F at its warmest, 6 PM Thursday, and 51 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 52F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 66F
- 6 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 51F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Galesburg Regional HW Timmons Airport, Illinois
Small airport in Knox County, Illinois* WHAT...Clear skies and light winds will allow temperatures to drop to between 33 and 35 degrees tonight. This will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of central and west central Illinois. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
51°
54°/43°
Overcast·
Feels like 51°·Moderate breeze 14 mph WNW
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Galesburg Regional HW Timmons Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Galesburg Regional HW Timmons Airport is 51° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:20 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:13 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 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
11Air quality
91%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
51feels51
14mph
Today
Oct 16
5443
17%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5732
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6536
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6940
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7143
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7446
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7551
overcast
51°
54°43°
57°32°
65°36°
69°40°
71°43°
74°46°
75°51°
As of 1:00 AM in Galesburg Regional HW Timmons Airport, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Galesburg Regional HW Timmons Airport
Index 11, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Rock Island-Moline (IL), 27 miles off.
11Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
- Ozone11Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.
GoodModerate
- 32YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Galesburg Regional HW Timmons Airport
0.98 in in the last 24 hours, 1.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.98in
- Last 3 days
- 1.20in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 82%
Visibility
How far you can see at Galesburg Regional HW Timmons Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GBG
- ICAO
- KGBG
- IATA
- GBG
- Field elevation
- 764 ft
- Serves
- Galesburg
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- GBG
- Wind now
- From 300° at 15 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 5,792 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 28° / 208° | 1 mph head, on 03 | 15 mph from the left |
| 10 / 28 | 3,600 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 101° / 281° | 14 mph head, on 28 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Galesburg (GBG), Galesburg Regional HW Timmons Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 49 F, the air 91% saturated; the humidity ran from 88% at 2 AM Thursday to 100% at 10 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 49F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 91%
- Humidity, range
- 88 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
14 mph from the west northwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 20 mph, 9 PM Thursday, with a gust of 33 mph at 8 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 14mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 20mph
- 9 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 33mph
- 8 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.04 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.04inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.09inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 miles at 2 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 2 PM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 2 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,700ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 2 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Galesburg: 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 Galesburg Regional HW Timmons 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
GalesburgGBG
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/804 ft/40 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
- 74 @ Lincoln Road (Galesburg)SS0626
Beside a road/5.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mississippi River AT Gladstone LD18GLDI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/31.7 mi away/538 ft/226 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Galesburg 0.8 WNWIL-KX-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/787 ft/23 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GalesburgGBGI2
At a cooperative observer's station/2.5 mi away/761 ft/3 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Galesburg (GBGI2), 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 Galesburg Regional HW Timmons Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Galesburg Regional HW Timmons Airport
- Macomb Municipal AirportMQB, 31 mi
- Quad City International AirportMLI, 35 mi
- General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International AirportPIA, 43 mi
- Marshall County AirportC75, 55 mi
- Whiteside County Airport - Joseph H Bittorf FieldSQI, 68 mi
- Mount Sterling Municipal AirportI63, 69 mi
- Illinois Valley Regional Airport Walter A Duncan FieldVYS, 72 mi
- Tri Township AirportSFY, 78 mi