Temperature
55 F at 3 AM; 77 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 54 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 55F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 77F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 54F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport, Illinois
Small airport in Pike County, Illinois* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 35 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of south central, southwest, and west central Illinois and central, east central, and northeast Missouri. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
53°
57°/44°
Overcast·
Feels like 53°·Fresh breeze 20 mph NW
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport is 53° and overcast at 3 AM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the northwest at 20 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 56° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° 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 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:23 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:20 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 10 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
96%Humidity
90%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
53feels53
20mph
Today
Oct 16
5744
32%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5936
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6636
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
7239
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7442
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7745
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7950
overcast
53°
57°44°
59°36°
66°36°
72°39°
74°42°
77°45°
79°50°
As of 3:00 AM in Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Mark Twain State Park (MO), 55 miles off.
18Good
- Ozone18Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 12, good.
GoodModerate
- 12YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport
0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 0.52 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.11in
- Last 3 days
- 0.52in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 21%
Visibility
How far you can see at Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PPQ
- ICAO
- KPPQ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 710 ft
- Serves
- Pittsfield
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- PPQ
- Wind now
- From 320° at 22 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 4,000 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | 22 mph head, on 31 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Pittsfield (PPQ), Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 48 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 76% at 5 PM Thursday to 98% at 12 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 48F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 79%
- Humidity, range
- 76 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
16 mph from the northwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 17 mph, 9 PM Thursday, with a gust of 29 mph at 8 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 16mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 9 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 29mph
- 8 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.14 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.14inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.09inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 10 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 10 AM Thursday
- 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 300 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,400ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
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 11 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 11 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Pittsfield: 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 Pittsfield Penstone 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
PittsfieldPPQ
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/709 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Perry [CCOOP]PEYI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.5 mi away/633 ft/77 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
- 72 BarrySS1905
Beside a road/16.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Site 2PTTI2
At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/692 ft/18 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
New Canton 8.7 SEIL-PK-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.1 mi away/479 ft/231 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Illinois
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Pittsfieldcity, 3 mi
- Griggsvillecity, 6 mi
- Detroitvillage, 6 mi
- New Salemvillage, 6 mi
- Valley Cityvillage, 8 mi
- Miltonvillage, 9 mi
- Florencevillage, 9 mi
- Baylisvillage, 9 mi
- Perryvillage, 10 mi
- El Daravillage, 11 mi
- Naplestown, 12 mi
- Oxvillecommunity, 12 mi
Airports near Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport
- Mount Sterling Municipal AirportI63, 24 mi
- Jacksonville Municipal AirportIJX, 30 mi
- Quincy Regional Airport Baldwin FieldUIN, 30 mi
- Abraham Lincoln Capital AirportSPI, 60 mi
- Macomb Municipal AirportMQB, 61 mi
- St Louis Regional AirportALN, 65 mi
- Litchfield Municipal Airport3LF, 68 mi
- Taylorville Municipal AirportTAZ, 78 mi