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Macomb Municipal Airport, Illinois

Small airport in McDonough County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Macomb Municipal Airport

Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Rock Island-Moline (IL), 58 miles off.

12Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone7Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Macomb Municipal Airport

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.09in

Visibility

How far you can see at Macomb Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
MQB
ICAO
KMQB
IATA
MQB
Field elevation
707 ft
Serves
Macomb
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
MQB
Wind now
From 310° at 17 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
09 / 275,100 ft100 ftAsphalt90° / 270°13 mph head, on 2711 mph from the right
09272,000 ftN310° 17 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 Macomb Muni (MQB), Macomb Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

54 F at 10 PM; 68 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 54 F at its coolest, 10 PM.

Now
54F
10 PM
Highest
68F
4 PM
Lowest
54F
10 PM
Temperature and Dew point at Macomb Muni, temperature from 54.0 to 68.2, the latest 54.0; dew point from 52.7 to 68.2, the latest 52.7, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF5055606570Oct 153 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 53 F, the air 95% saturated; the humidity ran from 87% at 2 AM to 100% at 10 AM.

Dew point now
53F
10 PM
Humidity now
95%
Humidity, range
87 to 100%
Relative humidity at Macomb Muni, relative humidity from 87 to 100, the latest 95, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%859095100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

17 mph from the northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 23 mph, 9 PM, with a gust of 38 mph at 7 PM.

Now
17mph
from the northwest
Strongest
23mph
9 PM
Highest gust
38mph
7 PM
Wind and Gust at Macomb Muni, wind from 4 to 23, the latest 17; gust from 16 to 38, the latest 29, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph010203040Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Macomb Muni, wind direction from 70 to 310, the latest 310, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Pressure

30.01 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.11 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.01inHg
10 PM
3 hours
+0.09inHg
rising
24 hours
-0.11inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Macomb Muni, pressure, altimeter from 29.88 to 30.13, the latest 30.01, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.8029.9030.0030.1030.20Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

Down to 1 mile at 1 PM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
1mi
1 PM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Macomb Muni, visibility from 1.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 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 400 ft at 2 PM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now
1,600ft
Lowest in 24 hours
400ft
2 PM
Hours with a base reported
24
Lowest cloud base at Macomb Muni, lowest cloud base from 400 to 2,700, the latest 1,600, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,000Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFR

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 1 PM.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Wettest hour
0.01in
1 PM
Hours with some
1
Precipitation at Macomb Muni, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.01, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.10Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Macomb Muni: 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 Macomb Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Macomb MuniMQB

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/705 ft/2 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

61 South Of ColmarSS0777

Beside a road/18.1 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

MacombMQBI2

At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/696 ft/11 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Macomb 3.8 NWIL-MCD-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/711 ft/4 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Macomb (MQBI2), 3.8 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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