Temperature
55 F at 10 PM; 75 F at its warmest, 5 PM, and 55 F at its coolest, 10 PM.
- Now
- 55F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 75F
- 5 PM
- Lowest
- 55F
- 10 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Jacksonville Municipal Airport, Illinois
Small airport in Morgan County, Illinois55°
75°/61°
Overcast·
Feels like 55°·Moderate breeze 15 mph WNW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 19 degrees cooler: a high of 56° after 75° today.
Now. Jacksonville Municipal Airport is 55° and overcast at 11 PM. The dew point is 53°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 43° by 7 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 56°. Rain is possible tomorrow (32%). Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 35°.
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 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
20Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
55feels55
17%
15mph
Today
Oct 15
7561
95%
14mph
Fri
Oct 16
5642
32%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5835
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6635
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
7138
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7441
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7644
overcast
55°
75°61°
56°42°
58°35°
66°35°
71°38°
74°41°
76°44°
As of 11:00 PM in Jacksonville Municipal Airport, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Jacksonville Municipal Airport
Index 20, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Springfield (IL), 29 miles off.
20Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good-
- Ozone13Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Jacksonville Municipal Airport
0.24 in in the last 24 hours, 0.35 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.24in
- Last 3 days
- 0.35in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 69%
Visibility
How far you can see at Jacksonville Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 4 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- IJX
- ICAO
- KIJX
- IATA
- IJX
- Field elevation
- 624 ft
- Serves
- Jacksonville
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- IJX
- Wind now
- From 290° at 16 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 4,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | 7 mph head, on 22 | 15 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 | 5,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | 15 mph head, on 31 | 7 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Jacksonville (IJX), Jacksonville Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 55 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 79% at 2 AM to 100% at 10 AM.
- Dew point now
- 55F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 79 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
18 mph from the west northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 22 mph, 9 PM, with a gust of 37 mph at 8 PM.
- Now
- 18mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 22mph
- 9 PM
- Highest gust
- 37mph
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.02 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.14 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.02inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.14inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.05inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 10 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 10 AM
- 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 500 ft at 10 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 10 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.20 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.07 in, in the hour to 10 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.20in
- Wettest hour
- 0.07in
- 10 AM
- Hours with some
- 5
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Jacksonville: 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 Jacksonville 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
JacksonvilleIJX
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/623 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Illinois River AT La Grange LDNLGI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.9 mi away/427 ft/197 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
US-67 @ BeardstownSS1908
Beside a road/19.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Jacksonville 4.6 NIL-MG-17
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/607 ft/17 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
JacksonvilleJAXI2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.5 mi away/607 ft/17 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 Jacksonville (JAXI2), 3.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 05:30. measured daily
Elsewhere in Illinois
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Jacksonville Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Jacksonvillecity, 3 mi
- South Jacksonvillevillage, 4 mi
- Literberrycommunity, 6 mi
- Concordvillage, 8 mi
- Lynnvillevillage, 8 mi
- Chapinvillage, 9 mi
- Arenzvillevillage, 10 mi
- Woodsonvillage, 10 mi
- Merrittcommunity, 10 mi
- Riggstoncommunity, 11 mi
- Alexandercommunity, 11 mi
- Virginiacity, 12 mi
Airports near Jacksonville Municipal Airport
- Abraham Lincoln Capital AirportSPI, 30 mi
- Pittsfield Penstone Municipal AirportPPQ, 30 mi
- Mount Sterling Municipal AirportI63, 33 mi
- Taylorville Municipal AirportTAZ, 51 mi
- Litchfield Municipal Airport3LF, 52 mi
- Quincy Regional Airport Baldwin FieldUIN, 52 mi
- Logan County AirportAAA, 55 mi
- Macomb Municipal AirportMQB, 56 mi