Citizen station CW6338CW6338
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.6 mi away/671 ft/36 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Media, Illinois
Village in Henderson County, Illinois* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 32 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of north central, northwest, and west central Illinois, southeast Iowa, and northeast Missouri. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
48°
55°/44°
Clear·
Feels like 42°·Gentle breeze 12 mph WNW
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Media until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Media is 48° and clear at 4 AM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 12 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° 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 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:22 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:16 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 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
22Air quality
79%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
48feels42
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
5544
29%
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5833
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6536
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6939
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7243
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7446
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7651
overcast
48°
55°44°
58°33°
65°36°
69°39°
72°43°
74°46°
76°51°
As of 4:00 AM in Media, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Media
Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Rock Island-Moline (IL), 44 miles off.
22Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
- Ozone15Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Media
1.10 in in the last 24 hours, 1.35 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.10in
- Last 3 days
- 1.35in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 81%
Visibility
How far you can see at Media, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Media, IllinoisReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Media, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank1,306of 1,393
US-34 @ MonmouthSS0325
Beside a road/12.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mississippi River AT Gladstone LD18GLDI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.8 mi away/538 ft/169 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Macomb MuniMQB
At an airfield/20.1 mi away/705 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Stronghurst 0.4 SSWIL-HD-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/696 ft/11 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Monmouth 4NWMMTI2
At a cooperative observer's station/12.6 mi away/741 ft/34 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Macomb Muni, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 20.1 mi from Media, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
47.7 F with a dew point of 42.0 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up.
The wind
From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.
The full report of Macomb Muni, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Mississippi River AT Gladstone LD18 (GLDI2), 12.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
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Near Media
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.