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Collinsville, Illinois

City in Madison County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Collinsville

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, St. Louis (Metro-east) (IL), 7 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good8.2 mi
  • Ozone22Good16 ppb10.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good8.2 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.9 ppb11.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb11.4 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm11.4 mi

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Collinsville

0.78 in in the last 24 hours, 2.00 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.78in
Last 3 days
2.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Collinsville, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Collinsville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Collinsville 0.5 SEIL-MD-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/558 ft/12 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Cahokia/St Louis, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.6 mi from Collinsville, Illinois. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 8,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Cahokia/St Louis, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 8,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CPSFIG. A THE SKY OVER CAHOKIA/ST LOUISSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTFEW 8,500 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECahokia/St Louis, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CPSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CPS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

75.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 8,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Cahokia/St Louis: temperature 75.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 71 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 8,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CPSFIG. B THE AIR AT CAHOKIA/ST LOUISTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 8,500 FTTEMPERATURE 75.0 FDEW POINT 65.0 FSPREAD 10.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 71 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 POINTTITLECahokia/St Louis, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CPSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CPS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.

Plan of the wind at Cahokia/St Louis, north up: 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 CPSFIG. C THE WIND AT CAHOKIA/ST LOUISPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECahokia/St Louis, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CPSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CPS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Cahokia/St Louis, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Illinois

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