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Olney, Illinois

City in Richland County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Olney

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Vincennes (IN), 34 miles off.

21Good
  • Ozone21Good-

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Olney

0.18 in in the last 24 hours, 0.70 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.18in
Last 3 days
0.70in

Visibility

How far you can see at Olney, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Olney, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

FloraFOAI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/22.1 mi away/490 ft/13 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank888of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Olney 0.3 ESEIL-RC-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/494 ft/17 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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OlneyOLYI2

At a cooperative observer's station/2.3 mi away/453 ft/24 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Olney-Noble, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.3 mi from Olney, Illinois. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:10 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 4,800 ft; the ceiling is 4,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Olney-Noble, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, the ceiling at 4,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OLYFIG. A THE SKY OVER OLNEY-NOBLESECTION, 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 SHEETBKN 4,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOlney-Noble, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OLYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OLY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

73.8 F with a dew point of 71.8 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 4,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Olney-Noble: temperature 73.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 71.8, 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 4,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OLYFIG. B THE AIR AT OLNEY-NOBLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 71.3 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 4,800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 73.8 F, 71.8 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 POINTTITLEOlney-Noble, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OLYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OLY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Olney-Noble, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OLYFIG. C THE WIND AT OLNEY-NOBLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOlney-Noble, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OLYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OLY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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