Parks/Illinois/Golconda Marina State Recreation Area

Golconda Marina State Recreation Area, Illinois

State Recreation Area in Pope County, Illinois

59° 72°/36°

Clear· Feels like 59°·Light air 1 mph SE

Now. Golconda Marina State Recreation Area is 59° and clear at 6 PM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the southeast at 1 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 42° 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 Saturday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 74°. The days ahead look dry.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:13 PM. The Moon is a first quarter, 52% lit, and sets at 12:18 AM after midnight. 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 bright Moon hides all but the brightest of them. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 10 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

31Air quality

49%Humidity

0%Cloud

Now

6:00 PM

59feels59

Today

Oct 18

7236

Mon

Oct 19

7441

Tue

Oct 20

7542

Wed

Oct 21

7744

Thu

Oct 22

7844

Fri

Oct 23

7747

Sat

Oct 24

7946

59°

72°36°

74°41°

75°42°

77°44°

78°44°

77°47°

79°46°

As of 6:00 PM in Golconda Marina State Recreation Area, Illinois.

Air quality

The air at Golconda Marina State Recreation Area

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Paducah (KY), 22 miles off.

31Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-
Ozone31Good34 ppb15.6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 29, good.

GoodModerate

29YesterdayOct 17

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Tue 1 PM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Golconda Marina State Recreation Area

None in the last 24 hours; 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Sun 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.09in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%

Visibility

How far you can see at Golconda Marina State Recreation Area, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Tue 1 PM.

Park

Designation: State Recreation Area
Area: 0.51 sq mi
Height at its point: 328 ft
County: Pope County
State: Illinois
Latitude: 37.3702° N
Longitude: 88.4835° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Golconda Marina State Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Ohio River At Dam 51 At Golconda03384500

At a dam/0.9 mi away/294 ft/34 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station EW6292EW6292

In a volunteer observer's own ground/21.0 mi away/340 ft/12 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

HarrisburgHSB

At an airfield/30.7 mi away/397 ft/69 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Golconda 2.0 NIL-PP-4