Citizen station KB9MXLKB9MXL
In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.8 mi away/772 ft/9 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Benson, Illinois
Village in Woodford County, Illinois* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of central and west central Illinois. * WHEN...Until 9 AM CDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
36°
59°/34°
Clear·
Feels like 36°·Light air 2 mph N
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Benson until 9 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Benson is 36° and clear at 6 AM. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 59° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 5 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 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 66°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:13 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:08 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 4 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
88%Humidity
5%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
36feels36
now, clear
Today
Oct 17
5934
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6637
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6937
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7241
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7444
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7648
overcast
Fri
Oct 23
7649
overcast
36°
59°34°
66°37°
69°37°
72°41°
74°44°
76°48°
76°49°
As of 6:00 AM in Benson, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Benson
Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Peoria (IL), 21 miles off.
17Good
- Ozone17Good13 ppb23.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 16
- GoodTodayOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Benson
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Last 3 days
- 0.09in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 11%
Visibility
How far you can see at Benson, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Mon 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Benson, IllinoisReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Benson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank1,198of 1,419
LaconC75
At an airfield/18.1 mi away/568 ft/195 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
- 17 @ Illinois RiverSS1920
Beside a road/19.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Illinois River AT Peoria L/DPRAI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/30.7 mi away/463 ft/300 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
El Paso 5.2 NNWIL-WF-14
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/721 ft/42 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
RoanokeROAI2
At a cooperative observer's station/5.1 mi away/745 ft/18 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Lacon, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 18.1 mi from Benson, Illinois. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 6:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
35.2 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up.
The wind
Calm.
The full report of Lacon, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Roanoke (ROAI2), 5.1 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.