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Augusta, Illinois

Village in Hancock County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Augusta

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Lake Sugema (IA), 64 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Augusta

0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 0.86 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.07in
Last 3 days
0.86in

Visibility

How far you can see at Augusta, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Augusta, IllinoisReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Augusta, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Perry [CCOOP]PEYI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/30.5 mi away/633 ft/31 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

AugustaAUGI2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.8 mi away/666 ft/2 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Plymouth 7.7 EIL-MCD-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.4 mi away/554 ft/110 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Mount Sterling, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.6 mi from Augusta, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 3,400 ft, scattered at 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mount Sterling, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 3,400 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I63FIG. A THE SKY OVER MOUNT STERLINGSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 5,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 3,400 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMount Sterling, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS I63TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-I63-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.7 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 75 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Mount Sterling: temperature 48.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 75 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I63FIG. B THE AIR AT MOUNT STERLINGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 3,400 FTTEMPERATURE 48.7 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 7.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 75 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 POINTTITLEMount Sterling, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS I63TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-I63-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mount Sterling, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I63FIG. C THE WIND AT MOUNT STERLINGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMount Sterling, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS I63TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-I63-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Augusta (AUGI2), 0.8 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 05:50. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Augusta

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Augusta

River and lake gauges