Citizen station KB9LNRKB9LNR
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/768 ft/234 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Bay View Gardens until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Bay View Gardens is 54° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 11 mph, gusting to 31 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:10 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 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Bay View Gardens, Illinois.
Air quality
Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Peoria (IL), 1 mile off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 26, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.17 in in the last 24 hours, 0.35 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Bay View Gardens, IllinoisReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Bay View Gardens, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station KB9LNRKB9LNR
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/768 ft/234 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
US-24/US-150 McCluggage BridgeSS0230
Beside a road/6.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
PeoriaPIA
At an airfield/13.1 mi away/673 ft/139 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Illinois River AT Peoria L/DPRAI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.5 mi away/463 ft/71 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Metamora 6.4 WIL-WF-24
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/688 ft/154 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Germantown HillsGERI2
At a cooperative observer's station/4.1 mi away/781 ft/247 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 13.1 mi from Bay View Gardens, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 1,800 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
53.0 F with a dew point of 48.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.
From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.
The full report of Peoria, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.