I-72 @ US-36/US-51SS0231
Beside a road/9.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Now. Latham is 58° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 55°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 17 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 49° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 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 9 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Latham, Illinois.
Air quality
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Decatur (IL), 13 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 45, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.30 in in the last 24 hours, 0.31 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 12 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Latham, IllinoisReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Latham, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
I-72 @ US-36/US-51SS0231
Beside a road/9.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
LincolnAAA
At an airfield/16.1 mi away/597 ft/23 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
In a volunteer observer's own ground/25.8 mi away/768 ft/148 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Rain Gage At Salt Creek Near Farmer City401340088393801
At a river or reservoir gauge/32.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Latham 1.8 SEIL-MA-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/606 ft/14 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Mount PulaskiMTPI2
At a cooperative observer's station/6.6 mi away/620 ft/level with here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest instrument reporting now, 25.8 mi from Latham, Illinois. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.
From the west (277 degrees) at 3 mph, gusting 11 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.
At 768 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.10 inHg and the temperature at 56.3 F; the station's altimeter setting of 29.91 inHg means its barometer reads 29.09 inHg; it reports 57.0 F, 0.7 F warmer than standard.
On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 41 degrees above the horizon at 40.31 N, and the day is 10 h 58 min long. Level ground there takes 65 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Mount Pulaski (MTPI2), 6.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. 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.