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New Salem, Illinois

Village in Pike County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at New Salem

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 AM from its reporting area, Mark Twain State Park (MO), 53 miles off.

19Good
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at New Salem

0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 0.81 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 9 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.11in
Last 3 days
0.81in

Visibility

How far you can see at New Salem, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 4 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest New Salem, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

PittsfieldPPQ

At an airfield/5.8 mi away/709 ft/92 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Perry [CCOOP]PEYI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/6.6 mi away/633 ft/168 ft below here

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- 72 BarrySS1905

Beside a road/11.6 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Citizen station EW0975EW0975

In a volunteer observer's own ground/21.7 mi away/530 ft/271 ft below here

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measured daily2 instruments

Site 2PTTI2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.6 mi away/692 ft/109 ft below here

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New Canton 8.7 SEIL-PK-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.6 mi away/479 ft/322 ft below here

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Station report

The weather at Pittsfield, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.8 mi from New Salem, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,000 ft, broken at 4,100 ft, overcast at 4,800 ft; the ceiling is 3,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Pittsfield, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 4,100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, the ceiling at 3,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PPQFIG. A THE SKY OVER PITTSFIELDSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 4,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPittsfield, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PPQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PPQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 40.6 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 3,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Pittsfield: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.6, 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 3,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PPQFIG. B THE AIR AT PITTSFIELDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,000 FTTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 40.6 FSPREAD 12.4 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 POINTTITLEPittsfield, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PPQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PPQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Pittsfield, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PPQFIG. C THE WIND AT PITTSFIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPittsfield, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PPQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PPQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near New Salem

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