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Buckley, Illinois

Village in Iroquois County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Buckley

Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Champaign (IL), 29 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good-
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Buckley

0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 0.18 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.11in
Last 3 days
0.18in

Visibility

How far you can see at Buckley, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Thu 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Buckley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

RantoulTIP

At an airfield/21.7 mi away/738 ft/38 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank439of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

PaxtonPXNI2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.2 mi away/794 ft/94 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Rantoul, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.7 mi from Buckley, Illinois. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,500 ft, scattered at 2,700 ft, overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Rantoul, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TIPFIG. A THE SKY OVER RANTOULSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLERantoul, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TIPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TIP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 67.5 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Rantoul: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.5, 98 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TIPFIG. B THE AIR AT RANTOULTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 68.0 F, 67.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 POINTTITLERantoul, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TIPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TIP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (250 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rantoul, north up: blowing from 250 degrees, the west southwest, at 12 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TIPFIG. C THE WIND AT RANTOULPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 250°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERantoul, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TIPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TIP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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