Temperature
52 F at 4 PM; 73 F at its warmest, 9 PM Thursday, and 49 F at its coolest, 9 AM.
- Now
- 52F
- 4 PM
- Highest
- 73F
- 9 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 49F
- 9 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Edgar County Airport, Illinois
Small airport in Edgar County, Illinois53°
57°/46°
Overcast·
Feels like 53°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NNW
Now. Edgar County Airport is 53° and overcast at 5 PM. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 77°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:10 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:07 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 9 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
74%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
5:00 PM
53feels53
14mph
Today
Oct 16
5746
24%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5836
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6531
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
7134
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7437
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7539
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7741
overcast
53°
57°46°
58°36°
65°31°
71°34°
74°37°
75°39°
77°41°
As of 5:00 PM in Edgar County Airport, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Edgar County Airport
Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Terre Haute (IN), 21 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
- Ozone17Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 52YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
- ModerateMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Edgar County Airport
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.49 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Last 3 days
- 0.49in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 8%
Visibility
How far you can see at Edgar County Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 10 miles Sat 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PRG
- ICAO
- KPRG
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 654 ft
- Serves
- Paris
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- PRG
- Wind now
- From 320° at 14 mph, read 16 Oct, 16:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 4,501 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 9 mph head, on 27 | 11 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Paris (PRG), Edgar County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 44 F, the air 74% saturated; the humidity ran from 61% at 1 PM to 98% at 7 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 44F
- 4 PM
- Humidity now
- 74%
- Humidity, range
- 61 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
13 mph from the northwest at 4 PM; at its strongest 23 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 35 mph at 3 AM.
- Now
- 13mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 23mph
- 12 AM
- Highest gust
- 35mph
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.19 inHg at 4 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.31 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.19inHg
- 4 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.06inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.31inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 12 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 12 AM
- 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 600 ft at 2 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 2 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.05 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.04 in, in the hour to 2 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.05in
- Wettest hour
- 0.04in
- 2 AM
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Paris: 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 Edgar County 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
ParisPRG
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/653 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-70 @ IL-49 CaseySS1927
Beside a road/31.1 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Bondville CRNBNDI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/37.0 mi away/682 ft/28 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Paris Water WorksPWWI2
At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 mi away/666 ft/12 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Paris 6.0 SSWIL-ED-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.8 mi away/725 ft/71 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Paris Water Works (PWWI2), 4.6 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Illinois
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Edgar County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Edgar County Airport
- Vermilion Regional AirportDNV, 35 mi
- Coles County Memorial AirportMTO, 36 mi
- University of Illinois Willard AirportCMI, 40 mi
- Robinson Municipal AirportRSV, 47 mi
- Rantoul National Aviation Center - Frank Elliot fieldTIP, 48 mi
- Effingham County Memorial Airport1H2, 63 mi
- Decatur AirportDEC, 64 mi
- Lawrenceville Vincennes International AirportLWV, 65 mi