Citizen station EW9579EW9579
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.7 mi away/740 ft/20 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Durand until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Durand is 40° and clear at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 35°. The dew point is 33°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 32° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south. 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 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Durand, Illinois.
Air quality
Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Rockford (IL), 16 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.36 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Durand, IllinoisReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Durand, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station EW9579EW9579
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.7 mi away/740 ft/20 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
US-20 FreeportSS1843
Beside a road/17.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
FreeportFEP
At an airfield/18.3 mi away/860 ft/100 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Pecatonica River At Martintown05434500
At a river or reservoir gauge/24.8 mi away/757 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Durand 3.7 NEIL-WN-39
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/804 ft/44 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
FreeportFEEI2
At a cooperative observer's station/17.4 mi away/771 ft/11 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 18.3 mi from Durand, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
39.0 F with a dew point of 34.0 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up.
From the north (360 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.
The full report of Freeport, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Freeport (FEEI2), 17.4 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.