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Oblong, Illinois

Village in Crawford County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Oblong

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Vincennes (IN), 25 miles off.

20Good
  • Ozone20Good-

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Oblong

0.15 in in the last 24 hours, 0.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.15in
Last 3 days
0.30in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Oblong, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

RobinsonRSV

At an airfield/13.9 mi away/463 ft/44 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,078of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Robinson 3.3 WIL-CW-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.7 mi away/522 ft/15 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

RobinsonRBSI2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.0 mi away/525 ft/18 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,217of 1,393

Station report

The weather at Robinson, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.9 mi from Oblong, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,900 ft, broken at 6,000 ft, overcast at 8,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Robinson, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, broken cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RSVFIG. A THE SKY OVER ROBINSONSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 8,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 6,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERobinson, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RSVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RSV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Robinson: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RSVFIG. B THE AIR AT ROBINSONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,900 FTTEMPERATURE 62.6 FDEW POINT 59.0 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLERobinson, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RSVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RSV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 18 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 Robinson, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 18 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 RSVFIG. C THE WIND AT ROBINSONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERobinson, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RSVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RSV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Robinson (RBSI2), 7.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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Near Oblong

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