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Mound City, Illinois

City in Pulaski County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Mound City

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Paducah (KY), 33 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone23Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Mound City

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.07in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mound City, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Mound City, 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 now4 instruments

CairoCIR

At an airfield/3.5 mi away/321 ft/3 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank534of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Cairo, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.5 mi from Mound City, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 7,000 ft, overcast at 9,000 ft; the ceiling is 9,000 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Cairo, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 9,000 feet, the ceiling at 9,000 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 9,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 7,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 9,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLECairo, 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-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

55.8 F with a dew point of 54.3 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Cairo: temperature 55.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 54.3, 95 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,000 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.9 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 7,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 55.8 F, 54.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 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-020, 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. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

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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Near Mound City

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