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Macomb, Illinois

City in McDonough County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Macomb

Index 13, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Rock Island-Moline (IL), 62 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone11Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Macomb

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 0.18 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
0.18in

Visibility

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

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

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Macomb, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Macomb 0.4 SSWIL-MCD-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/702 ft/6 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MacombMQBI2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.7 mi away/696 ft/level with here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,039of 1,393

Station report

The weather at Macomb Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.3 mi from Macomb, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,100 ft, broken at 1,400 ft, overcast at 2,300 ft; the ceiling is 1,400 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Macomb Muni, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, the ceiling at 1,400 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MQBFIG. A THE SKY OVER MACOMB MUNISECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLEMacomb Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MQBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MQB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

49.6 F with a dew point of 49.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Macomb Muni: temperature 49.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MQBFIG. B THE AIR AT MACOMB MUNITHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 49.6 F, 49.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEMacomb Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MQBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MQB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Macomb Muni, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MQBFIG. C THE WIND AT MACOMB MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMacomb Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MQBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MQB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Macomb (MQBI2), 0.7 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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