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Kings, Illinois

Community in Ogle County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Kings

Index 8, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Rockford (IL), 23 miles off.

8Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
  • Ozone8Good12 ppb23.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Kings

0.57 in in the last 24 hours, 0.60 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.57in
Last 3 days
0.60in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Kings, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

RochelleRPJ

At an airfield/7.8 mi away/781 ft/104 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank522of 1,393

ShabbonaSBNI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/17.2 mi away/863 ft/22 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank558of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Davis Junction 4.2 SEIL-OG-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.5 mi away/761 ft/124 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Oregon WWTPOREI2

At a water treatment plant/11.3 mi away/676 ft/209 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Rochelle, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.8 mi from Kings, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,500 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Rochelle, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, the ceiling at 1,500 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RPJFIG. A THE SKY OVER ROCHELLESECTION, 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 1,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLERochelle, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RPJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RPJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Rochelle: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RPJFIG. B THE AIR AT ROCHELLETHE 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,500 FTTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 50.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLERochelle, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RPJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RPJ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rochelle, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RPJFIG. C THE WIND AT ROCHELLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERochelle, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RPJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RPJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Rochelle, 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 Kings

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

Near Kings

River and lake gauges