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Hamilton, Illinois

City in Hancock County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Hamilton

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lake Sugema (IA), 41 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hamilton

0.12 in in the last 24 hours, 0.70 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.12in
Last 3 days
0.70in

Visibility

How far you can see at Hamilton, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 12 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Hamilton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

QuincyUIN

At an airfield/32.2 mi away/768 ft/123 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Warsaw 0.6 WNWIL-HN-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.7 mi away/581 ft/64 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BentleyBTYI2

At a cooperative observer's station/12.5 mi away/679 ft/34 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Quincy, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 32.2 mi from Hamilton, Illinois. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,300 ft, broken at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Quincy, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UINFIG. A THE SKY OVER QUINCYSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 10,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEQuincy, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS UINTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UIN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 48.0 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 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Quincy: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 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 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UINFIG. B THE AIR AT QUINCYTHE 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 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 48.0 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 POINTTITLEQuincy, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS UINTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UIN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 44 mph.

Plan of the wind at Quincy, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UINFIG. C THE WIND AT QUINCYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEQuincy, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS UINTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UIN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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