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Millington, Illinois

Village in LaSalle County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Millington

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Aurora and Elgin (IL), 20 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Millington

0.22 in in the last 24 hours, 0.37 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.22in
Last 3 days
0.37in

Visibility

How far you can see at Millington, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 9 miles Sun 7 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Millington, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Morris-WashburnC09

At an airfield/13.4 mi away/584 ft/14 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Millington 0.4 NIL-KD-35

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/567 ft/3 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Morris 1NWMOSI2

At a cooperative observer's station/15.8 mi away/522 ft/48 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank982of 1,393

Station report

The weather at Citizen station DW9987, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 9.9 mi from Millington, Illinois. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the northeast (35 degrees) at 4 mph, gusting 12 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station DW9987, north up: blowing from 35 degrees, the northeast, at 4 miles an hour, gusting 12; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW9987FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION DW9987PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 35°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station DW9987, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW9987TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW9987-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 653 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.22 inHg and the temperature at 56.7 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.22 inHg means its barometer reads 29.51 inHg; it reports 52.0 F, 4.7 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station DW9987 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 653 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.22 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.7 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.22 and the station pressure it means, 29.51.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW9987FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION DW9987 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 DW99872 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT653 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 HERE29.22 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.7 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.22 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.51 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED52.0 FTITLECitizen station DW9987, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW9987TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW9987-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 39 degrees above the horizon at 41.64 N, and the day is 10 h 55 min long. Level ground there takes 63 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station DW9987, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 39 degrees above the horizon, against 72 at the June solstice, 48 at the equinoxes and 25 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 55 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW9987FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION DW9987ELEVATION 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 48°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 25°OCT 16, 39°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 55 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 63 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 41.64 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station DW9987, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW9987TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW9987-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station DW9987, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Morris 1NW (MOSI2), 15.8 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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

Near Millington

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Near Millington

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