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Forreston, Illinois

Village in Ogle County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Forreston

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Rockford (IL), 31 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Forreston

0.32 in in the last 24 hours, 0.36 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.32in
Last 3 days
0.36in

Visibility

How far you can see at Forreston, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 12 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Forreston, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

FreeportFEP

At an airfield/8.4 mi away/860 ft/81 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank335of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Forreston WWTPFOSI2

At a water treatment plant/0.6 mi away/909 ft/32 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Shannon 2.7 EIL-CR-23

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.9 mi away/963 ft/22 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Freeport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.4 mi from Forreston, Illinois. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,400 ft, overcast at 2,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Freeport, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FEPFIG. A THE SKY OVER FREEPORTSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFreeport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FEPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FEP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 54.7 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Freeport: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 54.7, 95 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FEPFIG. B THE AIR AT FREEPORTTHE 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 300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 56.0 F, 54.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 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 POINTTITLEFreeport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FEPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FEP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Freeport, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 28; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FEPFIG. C THE WIND AT FREEPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFreeport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FEPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FEP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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