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Garden Prairie, Illinois

Community in Boone County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Garden Prairie

Index 8, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Rockford (IL), 17 miles off.

8Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good24.6 mi
  • Ozone8Good10 ppb17.3 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Garden Prairie

0.50 in in the last 24 hours, 0.67 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.50in
Last 3 days
0.67in

Visibility

How far you can see at Garden Prairie, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Garden Prairie, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.0 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

RockfordRFD

At an airfield/19.3 mi away/722 ft/58 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank338of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Belvidere 2.6 EIL-BN-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/778 ft/2 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Kishwaukee River AT BelvidereBVDI2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.8 mi away/804 ft/24 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Rockford, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.3 mi from Garden Prairie, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,100 ft; the ceiling is 2,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Rockford, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, the ceiling at 2,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RFDFIG. A THE SKY OVER ROCKFORDSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERockford, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RFDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RFD-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 49.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Rockford: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RFDFIG. B THE AIR AT ROCKFORDTHE 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 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,100 FTTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 49.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLERockford, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RFDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RFD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rockford, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RFDFIG. C THE WIND AT ROCKFORDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERockford, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RFDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RFD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Illinois

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Garden Prairie

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Garden Prairie

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