Now. General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport is 55° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 15 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 49° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:17 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:11 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 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport, Illinois.
Air quality
Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Peoria (IL), 13 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.22 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 8,004 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 38° / 218° | 2 mph head, on 22 | 15 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 | 10,104 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 127° / 307° | 15 mph head, on 31 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Peoria (PIA), General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
56 F at 10 PM Thursday; 71 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 56 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 55 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 81% at 1 AM Thursday to 96% at 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
14 mph from the west northwest at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 17 mph, 9 PM Thursday, with a gust of 41 mph at 8 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.95 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, rising 0.11 inHg over 3 hours; 0.17 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 3 PM Thursday; 5 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 600 ft at 3 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.07 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 3 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Peoria: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
PeoriaPIA
At an airfield/0.5 mi away/673 ft/13 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Illinois River AT Peoria L/DPRAI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.8 mi away/463 ft/197 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
- 9 @ McNaughton BridgeSS1900
Beside a road/6.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Bartonville 0.6 NNWIL-PR-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/635 ft/25 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Peoria 5NWPRWI2
At a cooperative observer's station/7.0 mi away/719 ft/59 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Peoria 5NW (PRWI2), 7.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.