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Metropolis, Illinois

City in Massac County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Metropolis

Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Paducah (KY), 11 miles off.

48Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)48Good-
  • Ozone39Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Metropolis

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Metropolis, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

CairoCIR

At an airfield/27.9 mi away/321 ft/31 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank534of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Metropolis 2.1 ENEIL-MC-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/396 ft/44 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Cairo, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 27.9 mi from Metropolis, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,300 ft, overcast at 8,000 ft; the ceiling is 3,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Cairo, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, the ceiling at 3,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CIRFIG. A THE SKY OVER CAIROSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 8,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECairo, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CIRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CIR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

72.7 F with a dew point of 65.3 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Cairo: temperature 72.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.3, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CIRFIG. B THE AIR AT CAIROTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,300 FTTEMPERATURE 72.7 FDEW POINT 65.3 FSPREAD 7.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 POINTTITLECairo, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CIRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CIR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Cairo, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CIRFIG. C THE WIND AT CAIROPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECairo, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CIRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CIR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Illinois

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

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