Litchfield3LF
At an airfield/17.3 mi away/689 ft/90 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaver Dam State Park, Illinois
State Park in Macoupin 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.
54°
58°/45°
Overcast·
Feels like 54°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NW
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Beaver Dam State Park until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Beaver Dam State Park is 54° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 58° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° 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 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:20 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:18 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
82%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
54feels54
19%
15mph
Today
Oct 16
5845
25%
19mph
Sat
Oct 17
6037
12mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6634
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
7238
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7542
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7745
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7948
overcast
54°
58°45°
60°37°
66°34°
72°38°
75°42°
77°45°
79°48°
As of 2:00 AM in Beaver Dam State Park, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Beaver Dam State Park
Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, St. Louis (Metro-east) (IL), 45 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good-
- Ozone17Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)4Good-
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 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Beaver Dam State Park
1.15 in in the last 24 hours, 1.40 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.15in
- Last 3 days
- 1.40in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 82%
Visibility
How far you can see at Beaver Dam State Park, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 1.12 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 599 ft
- County
- Macoupin County
- State
- Illinois
- Latitude
- 39.2167° N
- Longitude
- 89.9898° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Beaver Dam State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW6177GW6177
In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.8 mi away/648 ft/49 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
US-67 @ Clark BridgeSS0110
Beside a road/24.8 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mississippi River At Alton IlALOI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/25.0 mi away/423 ft/176 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Carlinville 5.8 SWIL-MP-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/525 ft/74 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MedoraMEDI2
At a cooperative observer's station/8.4 mi away/604 ft/5 ft above 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 Medora (MEDI2), 8.4 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Illinois
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
AuroracityBloomingtoncityCarbondalecityChampaigncityChicagocityDanvillecityDecaturcityElgincityGalenatownIllinois RiverfeatureJolietcityLake ShelbyvillefeatureMolinecityMount VernoncityNapervillecityPeoriacityQuincycityRockfordcityShawnee National ForestfeatureSpringfieldcityStarved RockfeatureVilla Oliviaski areaWaukegancity
Near Beaver Dam State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Chesterfieldvillage, 5 mi
- Shipmantown, 7 mi
- Royal Lakesvillage, 7 mi
- Carlinvillecity, 7 mi
- Medoravillage, 9 mi
- Hettickvillage, 10 mi
- Fidelityvillage, 10 mi
- Dorchestervillage, 11 mi
- East Gillespievillage, 11 mi
- Gillespiecity, 11 mi
- Rockbridgevillage, 12 mi
- Bunker Hillcity, 12 mi