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Mulkeytown, Illinois

Community in Franklin County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Mulkeytown

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Farrar (MO), 37 miles off.

15Good
  • Ozone15Good-

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Mulkeytown

0.70 in in the last 24 hours, 1.60 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.70in
Last 3 days
1.60in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mulkeytown, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Mulkeytown, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Christopher 0.5 WIL-FK-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/451 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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PlumfieldPLMI2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.0 mi away/404 ft/40 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Carbondale/Murph, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.1 mi from Mulkeytown, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,200 ft, broken at 2,700 ft, overcast at 3,800 ft; the ceiling is 2,700 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Carbondale/Murph, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,800 feet, the ceiling at 2,700 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MDHFIG. A THE SKY OVER CARBONDALE/MURPHSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,200 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLECarbondale/Murph, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MDHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MDH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Carbondale/Murph: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MDHFIG. B THE AIR AT CARBONDALE/MURPHTHE 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 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 55.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLECarbondale/Murph, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MDHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MDH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Carbondale/Murph, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MDHFIG. C THE WIND AT CARBONDALE/MURPHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECarbondale/Murph, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MDHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MDH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Illinois

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

Near Mulkeytown

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Mulkeytown

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