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Paris, Illinois

City in Edgar County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Paris

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Terre Haute (IN), 18 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Paris

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.44 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.44in

Visibility

How far you can see at Paris, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Paris, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

ParisPRG

At an airfield/6.3 mi away/653 ft/76 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank507of 1,419

measured daily2 instruments

Paris 6.0 SSWIL-ED-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.6 mi away/725 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Paris, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.3 mi from Paris, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,200 ft, scattered at 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Paris, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,200 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PRGFIG. A THE SKY OVER PARISSECTION, 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 SHEETSCT 5,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,200 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEParis, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PRGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PRG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.8 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Paris: temperature 46.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PRGFIG. B THE AIR AT PARISTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,200 FTTEMPERATURE 46.8 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 5.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLEParis, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PRGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PRG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Paris, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PRGFIG. C THE WIND AT PARISPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEParis, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PRGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-PRG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Paris Water Works (PWWI2), 1.7 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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Near Paris

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