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Danforth, Illinois

Village in Iroquois County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Danforth

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Bloomington and Normal (IL), 39 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
  • Ozone12Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 53, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Danforth

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.12 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.12in

Visibility

How far you can see at Danforth, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Danforth, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

KankakeeIKK

At an airfield/18.6 mi away/630 ft/25 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank438of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Gilman 0.3 NEIL-IR-28

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/654 ft/1 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Kankakee, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.6 mi from Danforth, Illinois. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 800 ft, broken at 1,100 ft, overcast at 2,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,100 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Kankakee, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 800 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,100 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IKKFIG. A THE SKY OVER KANKAKEESECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 800 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEKankakee, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IKKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IKK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.4 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Kankakee: temperature 62.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 95 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IKKFIG. B THE AIR AT KANKAKEETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.4 F, 61.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 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 POINTTITLEKankakee, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IKKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IKK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Kankakee, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 32; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IKKFIG. C THE WIND AT KANKAKEEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKankakee, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IKKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IKK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Watseka Public Works (WATI2), 13.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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Near Danforth

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Near Danforth

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