Temperature
61 F at 2 AM; 82 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 61F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 82F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 61F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Mount Vernon Outland Airport, Illinois
Small airport in Jefferson County, Illinois61°
60°/44°
Overcast·
Feels like 61°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NW
Now. Mount Vernon Outland Airport is 61° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 55°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 50° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:17 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 12 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
15Air quality
82%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
61feels61
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
6044
27%
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
6136
12mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6631
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7035
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7437
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7740
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7943
overcast
61°
60°44°
61°36°
66°31°
70°35°
74°37°
77°40°
79°43°
As of 2:00 AM in Mount Vernon Outland Airport, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Mount Vernon Outland Airport
Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Farrar (MO), 62 miles off.
15Good
- Ozone15Good-
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Mount Vernon Outland Airport
0.08 in in the last 24 hours, 1.50 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.08in
- Last 3 days
- 1.50in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 5%
Visibility
How far you can see at Mount Vernon Outland Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MVN
- ICAO
- KMVN
- IATA
- MVN
- Field elevation
- 480 ft
- Serves
- Mount Vernon
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MVN
- Wind now
- Variable at 7 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:04
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 6,496 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 50° / 230° | - | - |
| 15 / 33 | 3,146 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 150° / 330° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Mount Vernon (MVN), Mount Vernon Outland 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 82% saturated; the humidity ran from 77% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 55F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 82%
- Humidity, range
- 77 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph at 2 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 24 mph at 1 AM.
- Now
- 7mph
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 12 AM
- Highest gust
- 24mph
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.03 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.03inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.09inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 7 AM Thursday, under a mile for 3 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 3
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,700ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.03 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 9 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Mount Vernon: 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 Mount Vernon Outland 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
Mount VernonMVN
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/479 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Casey Fork Subimpoundment AT BonnieBONI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.0 mi away/404 ft/76 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
US 50 at GreendaleMX9208
Beside a road/22.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Mount Vernon 2.2 ESEIL-JF-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/454 ft/26 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
WaltonvilleWLTI2
At a cooperative observer's station/11.5 mi away/443 ft/37 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 Waltonville (WLTI2), 11.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 14:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Illinois
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Mount Vernon Outland Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Mount Vernoncity, 2 mi
- Opdykecommunity, 6 mi
- Blufordvillage, 7 mi
- Bonnievillage, 9 mi
- Belle Rivevillage, 9 mi
- Dixvillage, 9 mi
- Woodlawnvillage, 9 mi
- Nasoncity, 12 mi
- Keenesvillage, 12 mi
- Kellvillage, 12 mi
- Waltonvillevillage, 13 mi
- Dahlgrenvillage, 13 mi
Airports near Mount Vernon Outland Airport
- Centralia Municipal AirportENL, 18 mi
- Salem-Leckrone AirportSLO, 23 mi
- Fairfield Municipal AirportFWC, 25 mi
- Flora Municipal AirportFOA, 32 mi
- Harrisburg-Raleigh AirportHSB, 39 mi
- Veterans Airport of Southern IllinoisMWA, 40 mi
- Southern Illinois AirportMDH, 43 mi
- Olney Noble AirportOLY, 46 mi