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Detroit, Illinois

Village in Pike County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Detroit

Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Springfield (IL), 54 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
  • Ozone14Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Detroit

0.39 in in the last 24 hours, 0.68 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.39in
Last 3 days
0.68in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 1 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Detroit, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Perry [CCOOP]PEYI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/14.9 mi away/633 ft/2 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Site 2PTTI2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/692 ft/57 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Meredosia 0.4 SIL-MG-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.6 mi away/449 ft/186 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Pittsfield, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.5 mi from Detroit, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,600 ft, broken at 3,200 ft, overcast at 4,600 ft; the ceiling is 2,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Pittsfield, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,600 feet, the ceiling at 2,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PPQFIG. A THE SKY OVER PITTSFIELDSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPittsfield, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PPQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PPQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 48.4 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Pittsfield: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.4, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PPQFIG. B THE AIR AT PITTSFIELDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,600 FTTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 48.4 FSPREAD 5.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLEPittsfield, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PPQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PPQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Pittsfield, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 8 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 PPQFIG. C THE WIND AT PITTSFIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPittsfield, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PPQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PPQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Illinois

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Detroit

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Detroit

River and lake gauges