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Hoopeston, Illinois

City in Vermilion County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Hoopeston

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Champaign (IL), 37 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Ozone11Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hoopeston

0.20 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.20in
Last 3 days
0.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at Hoopeston, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Hoopeston, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

DanvilleDNV

At an airfield/18.8 mi away/696 ft/36 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Hoopeston 0.1 SSWIL-VR-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/725 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

HoopestonHOPI2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.9 mi away/751 ft/19 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,021of 1,393

Station report

The weather at Citizen station CW7268, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 22.4 mi from Hoopeston, Illinois. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the west northwest (299 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station CW7268, north up: blowing from 299 degrees, the west northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CW7268FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION CW7268PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 299°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station CW7268, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP CW7268TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CW7268-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 679 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.19 inHg and the temperature at 56.6 F; the station's altimeter setting of 29.93 inHg means its barometer reads 29.20 inHg; it reports 58.0 F, 1.4 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station CW7268 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 679 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.19 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.6 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 29.93 and the station pressure it means, 29.20.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CW7268FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION CW7268 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION CW72682 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT679 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.19 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.6 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED29.93 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.20 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED58.0 FTITLECitizen station CW7268, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP CW7268TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CW7268-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 41 degrees above the horizon at 40.19 N, and the day is 10 h 58 min long. Level ground there takes 65 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station CW7268, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 41 degrees above the horizon, against 73 at the June solstice, 50 at the equinoxes and 26 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 58 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CW7268FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION CW7268ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 73°EQUINOXES 50°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 26°OCT 16, 41°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 58 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 65 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 40.19 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station CW7268, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP CW7268TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CW7268-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station CW7268, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Hoopeston (HOPI2), 0.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 18:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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

Near Hoopeston

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

Near Hoopeston

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