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Paw Paw, Illinois

Village in Lee County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Paw Paw

Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Aurora and Elgin (IL), 30 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Ozone14Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Paw Paw

0.68 in in the last 24 hours, 0.78 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.68in
Last 3 days
0.78in

Visibility

How far you can see at Paw Paw, the next 40 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Paw Paw, 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 now5 instruments

ShabbonaSBNI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/12.6 mi away/863 ft/80 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank558of 1,393

RochelleRPJ

At an airfield/14.9 mi away/781 ft/162 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank522of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Paw Paw 0.2 SWIL-LE-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/945 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Paw Paw 2SPAWI2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.7 mi away/889 ft/54 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Rochelle, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.9 mi from Paw Paw, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,900 ft, broken at 2,400 ft, overcast at 3,200 ft; the ceiling is 1,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Rochelle, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,200 feet, the ceiling at 1,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RPJFIG. A THE SKY OVER ROCHELLESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERochelle, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RPJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RPJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.3 F with a dew point of 47.3 F, 86 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 1,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Rochelle: temperature 51.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.3, 86 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 1,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RPJFIG. B THE AIR AT ROCHELLETHE 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 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,900 FTTEMPERATURE 51.3 FDEW POINT 47.3 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLERochelle, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RPJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RPJ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rochelle, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RPJFIG. C THE WIND AT ROCHELLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERochelle, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RPJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RPJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Paw Paw 2S (PAWI2), 1.7 miles from here, read 10 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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Near Paw Paw

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