Temperature
73 F at 12 AM; 78 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 68 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 73F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 78F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 68F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Olney Noble Airport is 71° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the west-northwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 50° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:13 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 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Olney Noble Airport, Illinois.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Vincennes (IN), 39 miles off.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.41 in in the last 24 hours, 0.94 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 3,598 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 36° / 216° | 4 mph head, on 22 | 3 mph from the right |
| 11 / 29 | 4,099 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 107° / 287° | 4 mph head, on 29 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Olney-Noble (OLY), Olney Noble Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
73 F at 12 AM; 78 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 68 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 72 F, the air 98% saturated; the humidity ran from 82% at 9 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
7 mph from the west northwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 12 AM, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.93 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.16 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 7 AM Thursday, under a mile for 3 hours; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.27 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.22 in, in the hour to 4 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Olney-Noble: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Olney Noble 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
Olney-NobleOLY
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/482 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
FloraFOAI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.8 mi away/490 ft/8 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
US 50 at GreendaleMX9208
Beside a road/28.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Olney 3.9 NWIL-RC-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/522 ft/40 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
OlneyOLYI2
At a cooperative observer's station/5.3 mi away/453 ft/29 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.