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Buda, Illinois

Village in Bureau County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Buda

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Peoria (IL), 38 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Buda

0.42 in in the last 24 hours, 0.67 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.42in
Last 3 days
0.67in

Visibility

How far you can see at Buda, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 2 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Buda, 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

LaconC75

At an airfield/26.2 mi away/568 ft/213 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank435of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

KewaneeKEWI2

At a cooperative observer's station/12.5 mi away/794 ft/13 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank149of 1,393

Station report

The weather at Lacon, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 26.2 mi from Buda, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,500 ft, broken at 3,500 ft, overcast at 4,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lacon, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C75FIG. A THE SKY OVER LACONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELacon, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS C75TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-C75-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 43.3 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Lacon: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.3, 73 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C75FIG. B THE AIR AT LACONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,500 FTTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 43.3 FSPREAD 8.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 73 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 POINTTITLELacon, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS C75TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-C75-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lacon, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 10 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 C75FIG. C THE WIND AT LACONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELacon, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS C75TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-C75-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Kewanee (KEWI2), 12.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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