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Ridge Farm, Illinois

Village in Vermilion County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Ridge Farm

Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Terre Haute (IN), 32 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good-
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 50, good.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ridge Farm

0.21 in in the last 24 hours, 0.22 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.21in
Last 3 days
0.22in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ridge Farm, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ridge Farm, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ParisPRG

At an airfield/13.6 mi away/653 ft/53 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank427of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

SidellSIDI2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.4 mi away/679 ft/27 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank152of 1,393

Station report

The weather at Paris, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.6 mi from Ridge Farm, Illinois. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,700 ft, broken at 3,500 ft, broken at 4,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Paris, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 4,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,700 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 4,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEParis, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PRGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PRG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

70.3 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 92 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 1,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Paris: temperature 70.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 92 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 1,700 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 70.3 F, 68.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 92 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 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PRG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (260 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Paris, north up: blowing from 260 degrees, the west, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle 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 260°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEParis, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PRGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-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 Sidell (SIDI2), 13.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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