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Bishop Hill, Illinois

Village in Henry County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Bishop Hill

Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Rock Island-Moline (IL), 18 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Ozone14Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 14, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bishop Hill

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.77 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.77in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bishop Hill, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bishop Hill, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

GalesburgGBG

At an airfield/24.3 mi away/804 ft/15 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank423of 1,419

measured daily2 instruments

GalvaGALI2

At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/873 ft/84 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Galva 0.4 NWIL-HY-28

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/849 ft/60 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Galesburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.3 mi from Bishop Hill, Illinois. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 2:15 AM 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 Galesburg, 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 GBGFIG. A THE SKY OVER GALESBURGSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEGalesburg, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GBGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-GBG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

37.0 F with a dew point of 36.7 F, 99 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Galesburg: temperature 37.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.7, 99 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GBGFIG. B THE AIR AT GALESBURGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.6 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 37.0 F, 36.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 99 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 POINTTITLEGalesburg, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GBGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-GBG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Galesburg, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GBGFIG. C THE WIND AT GALESBURGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGalesburg, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GBGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-GBG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Mississippi River AT Rock Island LD15 (RCKI2), 31.9 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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

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

Near Bishop Hill

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