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Hudson, Illinois

Village in McLean County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Hudson

Index 13, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Bloomington and Normal (IL), 15 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good6.4 mi
  • Ozone8Good8 ppb6.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 53, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hudson

0.16 in in the last 24 hours, 0.65 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.16in
Last 3 days
0.65in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 3 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Hudson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Hudson 0.2 SIL-MCL-93

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/768 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

NormalNRLI2

At a cooperative observer's station/4.4 mi away/791 ft/23 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank145of 1,393

Station report

The weather at Bloomington/Norm, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.7 mi from Hudson, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:49 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Bloomington/Norm, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BMIFIG. A THE SKY OVER BLOOMINGTON/NORMSECTION, 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 1,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBloomington/Norm, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BMITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BMI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

55.4 F with a dew point of 53.6 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Bloomington/Norm: temperature 55.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.6, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BMIFIG. B THE AIR AT BLOOMINGTON/NORMTHE 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 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 55.4 F, 53.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEBloomington/Norm, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BMITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BMI-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 23 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Bloomington/Norm, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BMIFIG. C THE WIND AT BLOOMINGTON/NORMPLAN, 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, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBloomington/Norm, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BMITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BMI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Normal (NRLI2), 4.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 05:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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

Near Hudson

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

Near Hudson

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