Citizen station FW3055FW3055
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.3 mi away/842 ft/135 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Castle Rock State Park, Illinois
State Park in Ogle County, Illinois* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures are expected. * WHERE...Boone, Ogle, and Winnebago Counties. * WHEN...From 5 AM to 8 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
44°
56°/43°
Overcast·
Feels like 38°·Moderate breeze 14 mph WNW
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Castle Rock State Park until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Castle Rock State Park is 44° and overcast at 7 AM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:15 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:05 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 5 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
81%Humidity
91%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
44feels38
14mph
Today
Oct 16
5643
17%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5731
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6336
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6838
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7041
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7244
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7348
11%
44°
56°43°
57°31°
63°36°
68°38°
70°41°
72°44°
73°48°
As of 7:00 AM in Castle Rock State Park, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Castle Rock State Park
Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Rockford (IL), 30 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
- Ozone16Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Castle Rock State Park
0.60 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.60in
- Last 3 days
- 0.60in
Visibility
How far you can see at Castle Rock State Park, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 2.87 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 707 ft
- County
- Ogle County
- State
- Illinois
- Latitude
- 41.9848° N
- Longitude
- 89.3770° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Castle Rock State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.9 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rock River At Dixon05442300
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.2 mi away/629 ft/78 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
RochelleRPJ
At an airfield/16.6 mi away/781 ft/74 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-20 FreeportSS1843
Beside a road/26.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Shabbona 5 NNE54811
At a climate reference station/28.9 mi away/861 ft/154 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Oregon WWTPOREI2
At a water treatment plant/2.9 mi away/676 ft/31 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Mount Morris 1.4 ESEIL-OG-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.2 mi away/919 ft/212 ft above 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 Castle Rock State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Oregoncity, 3 mi
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- Grand Detourcommunity, 6 mi
- Leaf Rivervillage, 10 mi
- Polocity, 10 mi
- Nachusacommunity, 10 mi
- Franklin Grovevillage, 11 mi
- Dixoncity, 11 mi
- Ashtonvillage, 11 mi
- Byroncity, 11 mi
- Adelinevillage, 12 mi