Temperature
54 F at 11 AM; 82 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 53 F at its coolest, 9 AM.
- Now
- 54F
- 11 AM
- Highest
- 82F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 53F
- 9 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Salem-Leckrone Airport, Illinois
Small airport in Marion County, Illinois54°
59°/49°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 54°·Moderate breeze 18 mph NW
Now. Salem-Leckrone Airport is 54° and mostly cloudy at 11 AM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 18 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 57° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 62°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:16 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
4UV Moderate
26Air quality
66%Humidity
75%Cloud
Now
11:00 AM
54feels54
18mph
Today
Oct 16
5949
31%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
6239
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6735
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
7239
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7541
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7743
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8046
overcast
54°
59°49°
62°39°
67°35°
72°39°
75°41°
77°43°
80°46°
As of 11:00 AM in Salem-Leckrone Airport, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Salem-Leckrone Airport
Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, St. Louis (Metro-east) (IL), 55 miles off.
26Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
- Ozone19Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)16Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 39, good.
GoodModerate
- 39YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Salem-Leckrone Airport
0.38 in in the last 24 hours, 0.78 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.38in
- Last 3 days
- 0.78in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 49%
Visibility
How far you can see at Salem-Leckrone Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 10 miles Fri 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SLO
- ICAO
- KSLO
- IATA
- SLO
- Field elevation
- 573 ft
- Serves
- Salem
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SLO
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 4,098 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Salem/Leckrone (SLO), Salem-Leckrone Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 43 F, the air 66% saturated; the humidity ran from 66% at 11 AM to 99% at 12 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 43F
- 11 AM
- Humidity now
- 66%
- Humidity, range
- 66 to 99%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Pressure
30.20 inHg at 11 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.22 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.20inHg
- 11 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.22inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 1 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 1 PM 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 500 ft at 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,100ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.29 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.29 in, in the hour to 1 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.29in
- Wettest hour
- 0.29in
- 1 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Salem/Leckrone: 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 Salem-Leckrone 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/574 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US 50 at GreendaleMX9208
Beside a road/14.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
FloraFOAI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/26.2 mi away/490 ft/83 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
SalemSLOI2
At a cooperative observer's station/1.2 mi away/548 ft/25 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Salem 0.2 EIL-MN-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/545 ft/28 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 Salem-Leckrone Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Salemcity, 1 mi
- Odinvillage, 5 mi
- Almavillage, 6 mi
- Sandovalvillage, 9 mi
- Iukavillage, 10 mi
- Junction Cityvillage, 10 mi
- Patokavillage, 10 mi
- Kinmundycity, 11 mi
- Kellvillage, 11 mi
- Central Cityvillage, 11 mi
- Centraliacity, 12 mi
- Walnut Hillvillage, 12 mi
Airports near Salem-Leckrone Airport
- Centralia Municipal AirportENL, 11 mi
- Mount Vernon Outland AirportMVN, 23 mi
- Flora Municipal AirportFOA, 28 mi
- Fairfield Municipal AirportFWC, 35 mi
- Effingham County Memorial Airport1H2, 38 mi
- Olney Noble AirportOLY, 43 mi
- Scott AFB/Midamerica AirportBLV, 48 mi
- Sparta Community Airport - Hunter FieldSAR, 52 mi