Temperature
55 F at 12 AM; 75 F at its warmest, 5 PM Thursday, and 55 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 55F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 75F
- 5 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 55F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, Illinois
Medium airport in Sangamon County, Illinois56°
57°/44°
Overcast·
Feels like 56°·Moderate breeze 17 mph WNW
Now. Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport is 56° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 51°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 17 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 50° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:18 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:15 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
12Air quality
84%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
56feels56
20%
17mph
Today
Oct 16
5744
42%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5836
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6635
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
7238
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7541
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7744
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7948
overcast
56°
57°44°
58°36°
66°35°
72°38°
75°41°
77°44°
79°48°
As of 12:00 AM in Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport
Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Springfield (IL), 1 mile off.
12Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good2 mi
- Ozone6Good4 ppb2.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport
0.44 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.44in
- Last 3 days
- 0.44in
Visibility
How far you can see at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SPI
- ICAO
- KSPI
- IATA
- SPI
- Field elevation
- 598 ft
- Serves
- Springfield
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- SPI
- Wind now
- From 300° at 17 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:52
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 8,001 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 41° / 221° | 3 mph head, on 22 | 17 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 | 7,399 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 127° / 307° | 17 mph head, on 31 | 2 mph from the left |
| 18 / 36 | 5,300 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 181° / 1° | 8 mph head, on 36 | 15 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Springfield (SPI), Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 51 F, the air 86% saturated; the humidity ran from 73% at 1 AM Thursday to 97% at 12 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 51F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 86%
- Humidity, range
- 73 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
16 mph from the northwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 20 mph, 10 PM Thursday, with a gust of 38 mph at 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 16mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 20mph
- 10 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 38mph
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.00 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.00inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.09inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.07inHg
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 11 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,200ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 11 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.43 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.12 in, in the hour to 9 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.43in
- Wettest hour
- 0.12in
- 9 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 10
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Springfield: 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 Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
SpringfieldSPI
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/594 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-55/IL-104 @ PawneeSS0232
Beside a road/17.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mason #1 ScanMASI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/34.7 mi away/570 ft/28 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Springfield 5.1 NIL-SG-79
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/611 ft/13 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ShermanSHRI2
At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/577 ft/21 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Sherman (SHRI2), 5.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Illinois
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Grandviewvillage, 4 mi
- Springfieldcity, 4 mi
- Leland Grovecity, 5 mi
- Shermanvillage, 5 mi
- Jeromevillage, 5 mi
- Southern Viewvillage, 6 mi
- Cantrallvillage, 6 mi
- Spauldingvillage, 7 mi
- Rivertonvillage, 7 mi
- Athenscity, 8 mi
- Curranvillage, 9 mi
- Rochestervillage, 9 mi
Airports near Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport
- Logan County AirportAAA, 28 mi
- Taylorville Municipal AirportTAZ, 28 mi
- Jacksonville Municipal AirportIJX, 30 mi
- Decatur AirportDEC, 43 mi
- Litchfield Municipal Airport3LF, 47 mi
- General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International AirportPIA, 57 mi
- Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-NormalBMI, 59 mi
- Pittsfield Penstone Municipal AirportPPQ, 60 mi