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Marquette Heights, Illinois

City in Tazewell County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Marquette Heights

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Peoria (IL), 12 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good5.4 mi
  • Ozone8Good6 ppb4.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Marquette Heights

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.22 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.22in

Visibility

How far you can see at Marquette Heights, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Thu 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Marquette Heights, 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

PeoriaPIA

At an airfield/5.6 mi away/673 ft/38 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Creve Coeur 1.1 EIL-TZ-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/731 ft/96 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MortonMRTI2

At a cooperative observer's station/8.2 mi away/709 ft/74 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank293of 1,393

Station report

The weather at Peoria, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.6 mi from Marquette Heights, Illinois. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:26 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,000 ft, overcast at 1,600 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Peoria, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PIAFIG. A THE SKY OVER PEORIASECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPeoria, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PIATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PIA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

55.0 F with a dew point of 52.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Peoria: temperature 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 52.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PIAFIG. B THE AIR AT PEORIATHE 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 51.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE 55.0 FDEW POINT 52.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEPeoria, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PIATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PIA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 41 mph.

Plan of the wind at Peoria, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 15 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 PIAFIG. C THE WIND AT PEORIAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPeoria, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PIATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PIA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Morton (MRTI2), 8.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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

Near Marquette Heights

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Near Marquette Heights

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