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Prairie du Rocher, Illinois

Village in Randolph County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Prairie du Rocher

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Bonne Terre (MO), 22 miles off.

19Good
  • Ozone19Good-

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Prairie du Rocher

0.51 in in the last 24 hours, 1.55 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.51in
Last 3 days
1.55in

Visibility

How far you can see at Prairie du Rocher, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 7 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Prairie du Rocher, IllinoisReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Prairie du Rocher, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

SpartaSAR

At an airfield/22.1 mi away/538 ft/149 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank508of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Red BudREDI2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.6 mi away/440 ft/51 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sparta, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 22.1 mi from Prairie du Rocher, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:20 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,300 ft, broken at 2,100 ft, overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sparta, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SARFIG. A THE SKY OVER SPARTASECTION, 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 5,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,300 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESparta, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SARTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SAR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.4 F with a dew point of 53.2 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Sparta: temperature 57.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.2, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SARFIG. B THE AIR AT SPARTATHE 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 F70 FSATURATES 1,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 52.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE 57.4 FDEW POINT 53.2 FSPREAD 4.2 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 POINTTITLESparta, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SARTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SAR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sparta, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SARFIG. C THE WIND AT SPARTAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESparta, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SARTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SAR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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