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Illinois City, Illinois

Community in Rock Island County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Illinois City

Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Muscatine (IA), 8 miles off.

12Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good8.7 mi
  • Ozone-12 ppb18.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-11.9 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.2 ppb18.5 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb8.4 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm18.5 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Illinois City

0.26 in in the last 24 hours, 0.37 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.26in
Last 3 days
0.37in

Visibility

How far you can see at Illinois City, the next 44 hours

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

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Illinois City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MolineMLI

At an airfield/20.7 mi away/594 ft/174 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank410of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Illinois CityILNI2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.1 mi away/535 ft/233 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank41of 1,393

Station report

The weather at Moline, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.7 mi from Illinois City, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Moline, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MLIFIG. A THE SKY OVER MOLINESECTION, 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 2,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMoline, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MLITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MLI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Moline: temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MLIFIG. B THE AIR AT MOLINETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,000 FTTEMPERATURE 51.0 FDEW POINT 46.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLEMoline, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MLITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MLI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 16 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 46 mph.

Plan of the wind at Moline, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 16 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MLIFIG. C THE WIND AT MOLINEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMoline, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MLITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MLI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Moline, 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 Illinois City

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

Near Illinois City

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