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Kirkwood, Illinois

Village in Warren County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Kirkwood

Index 25, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 AM from its reporting area, Rock Island-Moline (IL), 36 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good-
  • Ozone12Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Kirkwood

0.62 in in the last 24 hours, 0.78 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 9 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.62in
Last 3 days
0.78in

Visibility

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

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

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Kirkwood, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

GalesburgGBG

At an airfield/17.5 mi away/804 ft/53 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank402of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Monmouth 0.4 SEIL-WR-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/770 ft/19 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Galesburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.5 mi from Kirkwood, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,200 ft, broken at 3,000 ft, overcast at 3,500 ft; the ceiling is 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Galesburg, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, the ceiling at 2,200 feet, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,200 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, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 44.8 F, 82 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 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Galesburg: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.8, 82 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 2,200 feet; 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 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 44.8 FSPREAD 5.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 10 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 3, a gentle 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 10 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle 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 BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG 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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Mississippi River AT Gladstone LD18 (GLDI2), 14.7 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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

Near Kirkwood

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

Near Kirkwood

River and lake gauges