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Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport, Illinois

Small airport in Saline County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Paducah (KY), 52 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good19.7 mi
  • Ozone16Good13 ppb19.7 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport

0.12 in in the last 24 hours, 1.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.12in
Last 3 days
1.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

Airfield

Code
HSB
ICAO
KHSB
IATA
HSB
Field elevation
398 ft
Serves
Harrisburg
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
HSB
Wind now
From 330° at 7 mph, read 16 Oct, 23:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
06 / 245,013 ft75 ftAsphalt63° / 243°0 mph head, on 067 mph from the left
14 / 322,764 ft75 ftAsphalt141° / 321°7 mph head, on 321 mph from the right
062414322,000 ftN330° 7 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Harrisburg (HSB), Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

51 F at 11 PM; 74 F at its warmest, 12 AM, and 51 F at its coolest, 11 PM.

Now
51F
11 PM
Highest
74F
12 AM
Lowest
51F
11 PM
Temperature and Dew point at Harrisburg, temperature from 51.2 to 74.2, the latest 51.2; dew point from 41.2 to 69.1, the latest 48.2, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF4050607080Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 48 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 54% at 3 PM to 96% at 6 AM.

Dew point now
48F
11 PM
Humidity now
90%
Humidity, range
54 to 96%
Relative humidity at Harrisburg, relative humidity from 54 to 96, the latest 90, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%406080100Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

7 mph from the north northwest at 11 PM; at its strongest 19 mph, 2 AM, with a gust of 31 mph at 1 AM.

Now
7mph
from the north northwest
Strongest
19mph
2 AM
Highest gust
31mph
1 AM
Wind and Gust at Harrisburg, wind from 7 to 19, the latest 7; gust from 16 to 31, the latest 16, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph010203040Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Harrisburg, wind direction from 290 to 330, the latest 330, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.38 inHg at 11 PM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.43 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.38inHg
11 PM
3 hours
+0.05inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.43inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Harrisburg, pressure, altimeter from 29.95 to 30.38, the latest 30.38, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.8030.0030.2030.40Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 7 miles at 6 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
7mi
6 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Harrisburg, visibility from 7.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 1,300 ft at 6 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now
1,800ft
Lowest in 24 hours
1,300ft
6 AM
Hours with a base reported
24
Lowest cloud base at Harrisburg, lowest cloud base from 1,300 to 9,500, the latest 1,800, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,5005,0007,50010,000Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 6 AM.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Wettest hour
0.01in
6 AM
Hours with some
1
Precipitation at Harrisburg, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.01, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.10Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Harrisburg: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Harrisburg-Raleigh 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 now2 instruments

HarrisburgHSB

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/397 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Crab Orchard Fire WeatherCOWI2

On a farm or research station/26.4 mi away/433 ft/35 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Harrisburg 4.6 NNEIL-SL-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/368 ft/30 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

HarrisburgHSBI2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/364 ft/34 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Snow on the ground

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