Temperature
53 F at 12 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 53 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 53F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 72F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 53F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Quincy Regional Airport Baldwin Field is 53° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 47° 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. 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 57°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:24 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 9 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Quincy Regional Airport Baldwin Field, Illinois.
Air quality
Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Mark Twain State Park (MO), 45 miles off.
Yesterday measured 29, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.39 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 7,098 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 40° / 220° | 3 mph head, on 22 | 17 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 | 5,397 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | 16 mph head, on 31 | 5 mph from the left |
| 18 / 36 | 5,399 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 179° / 359° | 9 mph head, on 36 | 15 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Quincy (UIN), Quincy Regional Airport Baldwin Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
53 F at 12 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 53 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 47 F, the air 81% saturated; the humidity ran from 80% at 10 PM Thursday to 97% at 12 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
14 mph from the northwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 21 mph, 8 PM Thursday, with a gust of 44 mph at 7 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.09 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 12 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.05 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 8 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Quincy: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Quincy Regional Airport Baldwin Field, 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
QuincyUIN
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/768 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-172/IL-104 @ QuincySS0411
Beside a road/6.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Perry [CCOOP]PEYI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.5 mi away/633 ft/135 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Quincy 4.4 ESEIL-AD-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.5 mi away/683 ft/85 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
QuincyQLDI2
At a cooperative observer's station/21.6 mi away/607 ft/161 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.