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Magnolia, Illinois

Village in Putnam County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Magnolia

Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Peoria (IL), 28 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-
  • Ozone13Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Magnolia

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 0.65 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
0.65in

Visibility

How far you can see at Magnolia, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Magnolia, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

LaconC75

At an airfield/11.9 mi away/568 ft/96 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank435of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

LaconLCOI2

At a cooperative observer's station/12.0 mi away/463 ft/201 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Lacon, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.9 mi from Magnolia, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,300 ft, overcast at 3,200 ft; the ceiling is 2,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lacon, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,200 feet, the ceiling at 2,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C75FIG. A THE SKY OVER LACONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELacon, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS C75TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-C75-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

52.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Lacon: temperature 52.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C75FIG. B THE AIR AT LACONTHE 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 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 52.0 FDEW POINT 46.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLELacon, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS C75TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-C75-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lacon, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT C75FIG. C THE WIND AT LACONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELacon, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS C75TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-C75-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Lacon (LCOI2), 12.0 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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Near Magnolia

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