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Farmer City, Illinois

City in De Witt County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Farmer City

Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Champaign (IL), 18 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good19.2 mi
  • Ozone16Good14 ppb23.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Farmer City

0.15 in in the last 24 hours, 0.17 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.15in
Last 3 days
0.17in

Visibility

How far you can see at Farmer City, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Farmer City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Farmer City 1.5 SSWIL-DW-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/720 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

FisherFSHI2

At a cooperative observer's station/16.3 mi away/717 ft/2 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Bloomington/Norm, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.5 mi from Farmer City, Illinois. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,000 ft, broken at 1,500 ft, overcast at 3,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Bloomington/Norm, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BMIFIG. A THE SKY OVER BLOOMINGTON/NORMSECTION, 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 3,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEBloomington/Norm, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BMITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BMI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 58.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Bloomington/Norm: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 58.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BMIFIG. B THE AIR AT BLOOMINGTON/NORMTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.0 F, 58.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEBloomington/Norm, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BMITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BMI-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 17 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.

Plan of the wind at Bloomington/Norm, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BMIFIG. C THE WIND AT BLOOMINGTON/NORMPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBloomington/Norm, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BMITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BMI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Fisher (FSHI2), 16.3 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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Near Farmer City

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