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Morton, Illinois

Village in Tazewell County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Morton

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Peoria (IL), 13 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone14Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Morton

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.27 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.27in

Visibility

How far you can see at Morton, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Thu 10 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Morton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

PeoriaPIA

At an airfield/12.5 mi away/673 ft/45 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Morton 0.6 ESEIL-TZ-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/732 ft/14 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MortonMRTI2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.9 mi away/709 ft/9 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank293of 1,393

Station report

The weather at Peoria, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.5 mi from Morton, Illinois. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:21 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 700 ft, broken at 1,000 ft, overcast at 2,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Peoria, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 700 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PIAFIG. A THE SKY OVER PEORIASECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 700 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPeoria, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PIATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PIA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 56.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 700 ft.

Chart of the air at Peoria: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PIAFIG. B THE AIR AT PEORIATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.0 F, 56.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEPeoria, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PIATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PIA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 41 mph.

Plan of the wind at Peoria, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PIAFIG. C THE WIND AT PEORIAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPeoria, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PIATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PIA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Morton (MRTI2), 0.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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Near Morton

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