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Mill Shoals, Illinois

Village in White County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Mill Shoals

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Evansville (IN), 45 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good18.6 mi
  • Ozone16Good22 ppb18.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Mill Shoals

0.35 in in the last 24 hours, 1.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.35in
Last 3 days
1.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mill Shoals, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 10 miles Sat 7 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Mill Shoals, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

FairfieldFWC

At an airfield/9.8 mi away/436 ft/48 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank354of 1,393

Posey 3 (Py 3)380758087551001

At a river or reservoir gauge/24.5 mi away/381 ft/7 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank868of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Fairfield 1.3 EIL-WY-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.1 mi away/465 ft/77 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

FairfieldFFDI2

At a cooperative observer's station/9.5 mi away/486 ft/98 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank160of 1,393

Station report

The weather at Fairfield, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.8 mi from Mill Shoals, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,000 ft, scattered at 4,700 ft, broken at 7,500 ft; the ceiling is 7,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fairfield, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,000 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 4,700 feet, broken cloud with its base at 7,500 feet, the ceiling at 7,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FWCFIG. A THE SKY OVER FAIRFIELDSECTION, 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 FTBKN 7,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFairfield, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FWCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FWC-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

53.8 F with a dew point of 41.5 F, 63 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Fairfield: temperature 53.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.5, 63 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FWCFIG. B THE AIR AT FAIRFIELDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,000 FTTEMPERATURE 53.8 FDEW POINT 41.5 FSPREAD 12.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 63 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 POINTTITLEFairfield, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FWCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FWC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fairfield, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FWCFIG. C THE WIND AT FAIRFIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFairfield, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FWCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FWC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Fairfield (FFDI2), 9.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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Near Mill Shoals

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Near Mill Shoals

River and lake gauges