Citizen station CW8261CW8261
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.7 mi away/480 ft/21 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Beckemeyer until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Beckemeyer is 42° and clear at 6 AM. With the wind it feels like 37°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 62° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° 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 Friday, near 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 69°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:17 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:17 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 9 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 6:00 AM in Beckemeyer, Illinois.
Air quality
Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, St. Louis (Metro-east) (IL), 29 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.
No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.86 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Mon 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 6 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Beckemeyer, IllinoisReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Beckemeyer, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.
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Citizen station CW8261CW8261
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.7 mi away/480 ft/21 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
64 @ IL-160SS1911
Beside a road/14.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
CentraliaENL
At an airfield/19.6 mi away/535 ft/76 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rain Gage At Scott Air Force Base383209089513901
On a military installation/23.5 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Carlyle ReservoirCAYI2
At a reservoir/3.9 mi away/499 ft/40 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Bartelso 1.7 EIL-CT-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/454 ft/5 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 19.6 mi from Beckemeyer, Illinois. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 6:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
43.0 F with a dew point of 39.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.
From the north (360 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Centralia, 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.