Mason #1 ScanMASI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.3 mi away/570 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Now. Mason City is 58° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 51°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 16 mph, gusting to 27 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. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
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 6:18 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:13 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 Mason City, Illinois.
Air quality
Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Springfield (IL), 26 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.16 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 10 miles Fri 12 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Mason City, IllinoisReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Mason City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Mason #1 ScanMASI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.3 mi away/570 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
IL D6- 55/IL-10 @ LincolnSS1906
Beside a road/15.1 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
LincolnAAA
At an airfield/19.4 mi away/597 ft/17 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW1256FW1256
In a volunteer observer's own ground/20.5 mi away/593 ft/13 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
New Holland 0.3 ESEIL-LG-38
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.4 mi away/560 ft/20 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Petersburg 2SWPETI2
At a cooperative observer's station/17.4 mi away/597 ft/17 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.