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East Moline, Illinois

City in Rock Island County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at East Moline

Index 11, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Davenport (IA), 7 miles off.

11Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good4.1 mi
  • Ozone11Good17 ppb4.1 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good13.1 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.8 ppb7.9 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb7.9 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm7.9 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 30, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at East Moline

0.23 in in the last 24 hours, 0.24 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.23in
Last 3 days
0.24in

Visibility

How far you can see at East Moline, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 11 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest East Moline, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MolineMLI

At an airfield/5.0 mi away/594 ft/102 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank410of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

East Moline 1.6 WSWIL-RI-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/696 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Moline, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.0 mi from East Moline, Illinois. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:52 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,200 ft, overcast at 2,700 ft; the ceiling is 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Moline, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, the ceiling at 2,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MLIFIG. A THE SKY OVER MOLINESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMoline, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MLITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MLI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 47.0 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Moline: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.0, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MLIFIG. B THE AIR AT MOLINETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 47.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLEMoline, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MLITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MLI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 40 mph.

Plan of the wind at Moline, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 20 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 MLIFIG. C THE WIND AT MOLINEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMoline, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MLITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MLI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Mississippi River AT Rock Island LD15 (RCKI2), 6.5 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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Near East Moline

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