Citizen station FW9878FW9878
In a volunteer observer's own ground/21.9 mi away/466 ft/78 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Fort De Chartres State Park, Illinois
State Park in Randolph County, Illinois72°
85°/67°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 72°·Light breeze 7 mph WSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 25 degrees cooler: a high of 60° after 85° today.
Now. Fort De Chartres State Park is 72° and partly cloudy at 9 PM. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the west-southwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 48° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 day is 11 hours 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
23Air quality
94%Humidity
61%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
72feels72
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 15
8567
85%
12mph
Fri
Oct 16
6046
15%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
6138
11%
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6734
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7238
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7641
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7943
overcast
72°
85°67°
60°46°
61°38°
67°34°
72°38°
76°41°
79°43°
As of 9:00 PM in Fort De Chartres State Park, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Fort De Chartres State Park
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Bonne Terre (MO), 19 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-21.1 mi
- Ozone23Good24 ppb19.4 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb16.9 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fort De Chartres State Park
0.45 in in the last 24 hours, 1.55 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.45in
- Last 3 days
- 1.55in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 29%
Visibility
How far you can see at Fort De Chartres State Park, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 9 miles Thu 11 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 2,040,000 sq ft
- Height at its point
- 388 ft
- County
- Randolph County
- State
- Illinois
- Latitude
- 38.0886° N
- Longitude
- 90.1605° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Fort De Chartres State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
SpartaSAR
At an airfield/25.4 mi away/538 ft/150 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-255/IL-3 @ ColumbiaSS0111
Beside a road/26.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Rain Gage At Scott Air Force Base383209089513901
On a military installation/34.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Fults 3.7 ENEIL-MO-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.8 mi away/648 ft/260 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Red BudREDI2
At a cooperative observer's station/13.5 mi away/440 ft/52 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Illinois
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Fort De Chartres State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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