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LaPlace, Illinois

Community in Piatt County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at LaPlace

Index 10, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Decatur (IL), 13 miles off.

10Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good11.8 mi
  • Ozone7Good5 ppb11.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at LaPlace

0.49 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.49in
Last 3 days
0.49in

Visibility

How far you can see at LaPlace, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest LaPlace, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

DecaturDEC

At an airfield/8.2 mi away/679 ft/22 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank399of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

LovingtonWORI2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.6 mi away/689 ft/12 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Decatur, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.2 mi from LaPlace, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,500 ft, overcast at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Decatur, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DECFIG. A THE SKY OVER DECATURSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 10,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDecatur, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DECTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DEC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

55.0 F with a dew point of 51.0 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 1,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Decatur: temperature 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.0, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DECFIG. B THE AIR AT DECATURTHE 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 F70 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,500 FTTEMPERATURE 55.0 FDEW POINT 51.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLEDecatur, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DECTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DEC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Decatur, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DECFIG. C THE WIND AT DECATURPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDecatur, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DECTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DEC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Decatur, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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