Citizen station CW6338CW6338
In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.3 mi away/671 ft/115 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Dallas City, Illinois
City in Hancock County, Illinois* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 32 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of north central, northwest, and west central Illinois, southeast Iowa, 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.
46°
55°/45°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 40°·Gentle breeze 13 mph WNW
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Dallas City until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Dallas City is 46° and mostly clear at 7 AM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 77°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow 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 10:18 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 7 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
32Air quality
82%Humidity
24%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
46feels40
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5545
23%
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5935
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6638
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
7041
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7245
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7548
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7753
overcast
46°
55°45°
59°35°
66°38°
70°41°
72°45°
75°48°
77°53°
As of 7:00 AM in Dallas City, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Dallas City
Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Lake Sugema (IA), 44 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good-
- Ozone15Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- 29TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Dallas City
0.90 in in the last 24 hours, 1.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.90in
- Last 3 days
- 1.15in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 78%
Visibility
How far you can see at Dallas City, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Dallas City, IllinoisReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Dallas City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank1,306of 1,393
Mississippi River AT Gladstone LD18GLDI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.5 mi away/538 ft/18 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
61 South Of ColmarSS0777
Beside a road/25.1 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Macomb MuniMQB
At an airfield/28.3 mi away/705 ft/149 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Dallas City 3.0 SSEIL-HN-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/597 ft/41 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
La HarpeLAHI2
At a cooperative observer's station/11.1 mi away/702 ft/146 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Macomb Muni, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 28.3 mi from Dallas City, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
45.5 F with a dew point of 43.0 F, 91 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 600 ft up.
The wind
From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 16 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.
The full report of Macomb Muni, 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 Mississippi River AT Gladstone LD18 (GLDI2), 18.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
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