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Annawan, Illinois

Town in Henry County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Annawan

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Rock Island-Moline (IL), 27 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Annawan

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.68 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.68in

Visibility

How far you can see at Annawan, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.

SatSun

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Annawan, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

KewaneeKEWI2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.2 mi away/794 ft/161 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank146of 1,419

Station report

The weather at Sterling Rockfal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 26.7 mi from Annawan, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sterling Rockfal, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SQIFIG. A THE SKY OVER STERLING ROCKFALSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESterling Rockfal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SQITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-SQI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

44.0 F with a dew point of 33.0 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sterling Rockfal: temperature 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.0, 65 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SQIFIG. B THE AIR AT STERLING ROCKFALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 30.6 FTEMPERATURE 44.0 FDEW POINT 33.0 FSPREAD 11.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 65 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLESterling Rockfal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SQITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-SQI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sterling Rockfal, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SQIFIG. C THE WIND AT STERLING ROCKFALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESterling Rockfal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SQITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-SQI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Sterling Rockfal, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Kewanee (KEWI2), 10.2 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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