100 @ Joe Page BridgeSS1910
Beside a road/14.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Brussels, Illinois
Village in Calhoun County, Illinois* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 35 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of south central, southwest, and west central Illinois and central, east central, and northeast Missouri. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * 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.
47°
58°/44°
Clear·
Feels like 41°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NW
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Brussels until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Brussels is 47° and clear at 8 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 15 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 57° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 7 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 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:23 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:22 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 11 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
23Air quality
71%Humidity
9%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
47feels41
15mph
Today
Oct 16
5844
31%
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
6037
12mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6635
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
7238
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7441
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7743
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8048
overcast
47°
58°44°
60°37°
66°35°
72°38°
74°41°
77°43°
80°48°
As of 8:00 AM in Brussels, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Brussels
Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Saint Louis (MO), 23 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good16.8 mi
- Ozone21Good21 ppb8.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)21Good-
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.6 ppb15.6 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb15.6 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 40, good.
GoodModerate
- 40YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Brussels
1.50 in in the last 24 hours, 2.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.50in
- Last 3 days
- 2.10in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 71%
Visibility
How far you can see at Brussels, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 7 miles Fri 3 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Brussels, IllinoisReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Brussels, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank961of 1,393
Mississippi River At Alton IlALOI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/22.5 mi away/423 ft/69 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station EW7630EW7630
In a volunteer observer's own ground/25.3 mi away/513 ft/21 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/29.7 mi away/545 ft/53 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Hardin 3.9 SIL-CH-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.5 mi away/437 ft/55 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
JerseyvilleJVLI2
At a cooperative observer's station/16.7 mi away/610 ft/118 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Alton/St Louis R, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 29.7 mi from Brussels, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:50 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
Clear; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
48.2 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up.
The wind
From the northwest (320 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.
The full report of Alton/St Louis R, 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 Jerseyville (JVLI2), 16.7 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.