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Milford, Illinois

Village in Iroquois County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Milford

Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Champaign (IL), 42 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Milford

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
0.09in

Visibility

How far you can see at Milford, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Milford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

DanvilleDNV

At an airfield/30.2 mi away/696 ft/31 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Milford 3.5 ENEIL-IR-25

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/689 ft/24 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station DW8462, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 29.0 mi from Milford, Illinois. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station DW8462, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW8462FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION DW8462PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station DW8462, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW8462TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW8462-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 681 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.19 inHg and the temperature at 56.6 F; the station's altimeter setting of 29.81 inHg means its barometer reads 29.08 inHg; it reports 62.0 F, 5.4 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station DW8462 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 681 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.19 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.6 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 29.81 and the station pressure it means, 29.08.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW8462FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION DW8462 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION DW84622 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT681 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.19 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.6 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED29.81 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.08 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED62.0 FTITLECitizen station DW8462, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW8462TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW8462-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 40 degrees above the horizon at 41.00 N, and the day is 10 h 56 min long. Level ground there takes 64 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station DW8462, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 40 degrees above the horizon, against 72 at the June solstice, 49 at the equinoxes and 26 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 56 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW8462FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION DW8462ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 72°EQUINOXES 49°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 26°OCT 16, 40°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 56 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 64 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 41.00 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station DW8462, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW8462TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW8462-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station DW8462, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Watseka Public Works (WATI2), 10.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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Near Milford

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