Parks/Illinois/Pyramid State Recreation Area

Pyramid State Recreation Area, Illinois

State Recreation Area in Perry County, Illinois

53° 59°/48°

Overcast· Feels like 53°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NW

Now. Pyramid State Recreation Area is 53° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 15 mph, gusting to 25 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 58° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° 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 6:19 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:21 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 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

19Air quality

80%Humidity

99%Cloud

Now

5:00 AM

53feels53

12%

15mph

Today

Oct 16

5948

16%

20mph

Sat

Oct 17

6039

13mph

UV 6

Sun

Oct 18

6634

UV 6

Mon

Oct 19

7137

Tue

Oct 20

7340

Wed

Oct 21

7642

Thu

Oct 22

7946

53°

59°48°

60°39°

66°34°

71°37°

73°40°

76°42°

79°46°

As of 5:00 AM in Pyramid State Recreation Area, Illinois.

Air quality

The air at Pyramid State Recreation Area

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, St. Louis (Metro-east) (IL), 48 miles off.

19Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
Ozone19Good18 ppb23.5 mi
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 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Pyramid State Recreation Area

0.35 in in the last 24 hours, 1.40 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.35in
Last 3 days: 1.40in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 25%

Visibility

How far you can see at Pyramid State Recreation Area, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

Park

Designation: State Recreation Area
Area: 29 sq mi
Height at its point: 445 ft
County: Perry County
State: Illinois
Latitude: 38.0018° N
Longitude: 89.4912° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Pyramid State Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

SpartaSAR

At an airfield/15.3 mi away/538 ft/93 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station FW7278FW7278

In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.0 mi away/635 ft/190 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Big Muddy Subimpoundment AT Big Muddy SubimpoundmentBSII2

At a river or reservoir gauge/29.0 mi away/404 ft/41 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

64 @ IL-160SS1911

Beside a road/37.1 mi away/-/- ft from here