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Coal City, Illinois

Village in Grundy County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Coal City

Index 13, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Joliet and Will County (IL), 11 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good6.5 mi
  • Ozone9Good8 ppb6.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Coal City

0.15 in in the last 24 hours, 0.41 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.15in
Last 3 days
0.41in

Visibility

How far you can see at Coal City, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Coal City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Morris-WashburnC09

At an airfield/11.9 mi away/584 ft/18 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Citizen station GW5503, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 8.3 mi from Coal City, Illinois. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 2 mph, gusting 13 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station GW5503, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 2 miles an hour, gusting 13; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW5503FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION GW5503PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station GW5503, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW5503TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW5503-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 600 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.28 inHg and the temperature at 56.9 F; the station's altimeter setting of 29.20 inHg means its barometer reads 28.57 inHg; it reports 56.0 F, 0.9 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station GW5503 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 600 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.28 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.9 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 29.20 and the station pressure it means, 28.57.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW5503FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION GW5503 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION GW55032 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT600 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.28 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.9 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED29.20 inHgITS BAROMETER READS28.57 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED56.0 FTITLECitizen station GW5503, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW5503TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW5503-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 40 degrees above the horizon at 41.40 N, and the day is 10 h 55 min long. Level ground there takes 64 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station GW5503, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 40 degrees above the horizon, against 72 at the June solstice, 49 at the equinoxes and 25 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 55 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW5503FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION GW5503ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 72°EQUINOXES 49°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 25°OCT 16, 40°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 55 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 64 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 41.40 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station GW5503, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW5503TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW5503-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station GW5503, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Coal City 4NNW (Hydro) (CTYI2), 4.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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Near Coal City

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Near Coal City

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