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Keithsburg, Illinois

City in Mercer County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Keithsburg

Index 36, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Muscatine (IA), 23 miles off.

36Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)36Good21.9 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb21.9 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Keithsburg

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

Last 24 hours
0.13in
Last 3 days
0.16in

Visibility

How far you can see at Keithsburg, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Keithsburg, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

GalesburgGBG

At an airfield/28.5 mi away/804 ft/253 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank402of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

New BostonNBOI2

At a cooperative observer's station/8.4 mi away/571 ft/20 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank50of 1,393

Aledo 0.7 NNWIL-MR-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.3 mi away/725 ft/174 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Galesburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 28.5 mi from Keithsburg, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Galesburg, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GBGFIG. A THE SKY OVER GALESBURGSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGalesburg, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GBGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GBG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 41.7 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Galesburg: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.7, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GBGFIG. B THE AIR AT GALESBURGTHE 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 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.6 FTEMPERATURE 46.4 FDEW POINT 41.7 FSPREAD 4.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLEGalesburg, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GBGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GBG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Galesburg, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GBGFIG. C THE WIND AT GALESBURGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGalesburg, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GBGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GBG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Galesburg, 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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