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Golconda, Illinois

City in Pope County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Golconda

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Paducah (KY), 21 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone23Good21 ppb15.1 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Golconda

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.27 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.27in

Visibility

How far you can see at Golconda, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Golconda, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Citizen station EW6292EW6292

In a volunteer observer's own ground/20.4 mi away/340 ft/77 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

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HarrisburgHSB

At an airfield/31.2 mi away/397 ft/20 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Golconda 2.0 NIL-PP-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/555 ft/138 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Rosiclare 5 NWROSI2

At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/397 ft/20 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Harrisburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 31.2 mi from Golconda, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,700 ft; the ceiling is 3,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Harrisburg, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,700 feet, the ceiling at 3,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HSBFIG. A THE SKY OVER HARRISBURGSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHarrisburg, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HSBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HSB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

54.5 F with a dew point of 52.5 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Harrisburg: temperature 54.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 52.5, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HSBFIG. B THE AIR AT HARRISBURGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 52.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 54.5 F, 52.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEHarrisburg, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HSBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HSB-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 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Harrisburg, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HSBFIG. C THE WIND AT HARRISBURGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHarrisburg, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HSBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HSB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Illinois

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Near Golconda

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