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Du Quoin, Illinois

City in Perry County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Du Quoin

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, St. Louis (Metro-east) (IL), 56 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)4Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Du Quoin

0.53 in in the last 24 hours, 1.25 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.53in
Last 3 days
1.25in

Visibility

How far you can see at Du Quoin, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Du Quoin, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Du Quoin 0.9 ESEIL-PY-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/446 ft/13 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Du QuoinDUQI2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.2 mi away/443 ft/16 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Carbondale/Murph, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.1 mi from Du Quoin, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:40 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,400 ft, broken at 3,500 ft, overcast at 7,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,400 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Carbondale/Murph, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,400 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MDHFIG. A THE SKY OVER CARBONDALE/MURPHSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 7,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLECarbondale/Murph, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MDHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MDH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

55.0 F with a dew point of 53.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Carbondale/Murph: temperature 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MDHFIG. B THE AIR AT CARBONDALE/MURPHTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 52.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 55.0 F, 53.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLECarbondale/Murph, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MDHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MDH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Carbondale/Murph, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, 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 MDHFIG. C THE WIND AT CARBONDALE/MURPHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECarbondale/Murph, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MDHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MDH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Du Quoin (DUQI2), 1.2 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 22:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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Near Du Quoin

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Near Du Quoin

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