Citizen station FW7278FW7278
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/635 ft/148 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Randolph County State Recreation Area, Illinois
State Recreation Area in Randolph County, Illinois68°
60°/47°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 68°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NW
Now. Randolph County State Recreation Area is 68° and mostly cloudy at 12 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 11 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 51° by 8 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 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:20 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:22 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
20Air quality
84%Humidity
65%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
68feels68
11%
Today
Oct 16
6047
17%
19mph
Sat
Oct 17
6038
11%
13mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6633
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7137
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7540
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7742
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8045
overcast
68°
60°47°
60°38°
66°33°
71°37°
75°40°
77°42°
80°45°
As of 12:00 AM in Randolph County State Recreation Area, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Randolph County State Recreation Area
Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Farrar (MO), 19 miles off.
20Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-14.3 mi
- Ozone20Good14 ppb14.3 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Randolph County State Recreation Area
0.17 in in the last 24 hours, 0.76 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.17in
- Last 3 days
- 0.76in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 22%
Visibility
How far you can see at Randolph County State Recreation Area, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Recreation Area
- Area
- 1.74 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 487 ft
- County
- Randolph County
- State
- Illinois
- Latitude
- 37.9707° N
- Longitude
- 89.8036° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Randolph County State Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
SpartaSAR
At an airfield/13.6 mi away/538 ft/51 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
64 @ IL-160SS1911
Beside a road/38.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Rain Gage At Scott Air Force Base383209089513901
On a military installation/39.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Chester 0.4 SEIL-RH-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/657 ft/170 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ChesterCHSI2
At a cooperative observer's station/5.1 mi away/341 ft/146 ft below 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 Chester (CHSI2), 5.1 miles from here, read 9 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Illinois
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Randolph County State Recreation Area
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Chestercity, 4 mi
- Ellis Grovevillage, 6 mi
- Kaskaskiavillage, 7 mi
- Steelevillevillage, 8 mi
- Percyvillage, 11 mi
- Evansvillevillage, 11 mi
- Rockwoodvillage, 11 mi
- Willisvillevillage, 12 mi
- Spartacity, 12 mi
- Cutlervillage, 14 mi
- Campbell Hillvillage, 14 mi
- Baldwinvillage, 15 mi