- 9 @ McNaughton BridgeSS1900
Beside a road/6.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Kingston Mines until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Kingston Mines is 55° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 12 mph, gusting to 31 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 50° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:18 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:12 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 8 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Kingston Mines, Illinois.
Air quality
Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Peoria (IL), 21 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.08 in in the last 24 hours, 0.21 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Kingston Mines, IllinoisReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Kingston Mines, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
- 9 @ McNaughton BridgeSS1900
Beside a road/6.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station FW0283FW0283
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.4 mi away/520 ft/58 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
PeoriaPIA
At an airfield/8.8 mi away/673 ft/211 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Illinois River AT Peoria L/DPRAI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.9 mi away/463 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Manito 6.4 NIL-TZ-31
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/493 ft/31 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Canton 1 ESECANI2
At a cooperative observer's station/13.1 mi away/650 ft/188 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 8.8 mi from Kingston Mines, Illinois. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 1,600 ft; the ceiling is 1,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
54.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,600 ft.
From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 41 mph.
The full report of Peoria, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Canton 1 ESE (CANI2), 13.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.