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Rock Island, Illinois

City in Rock Island County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Rock Island

Index 23, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Davenport (IA), 2 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good3.1 mi
  • Ozone11Good13 ppb3.1 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)23Good6.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.3 ppb3.1 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb3.1 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm3.1 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Rock Island

0.14 in in the last 24 hours, 0.19 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.14in
Last 3 days
0.19in

Visibility

How far you can see at Rock Island, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Rock Island, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MolineMLI

At an airfield/4.1 mi away/594 ft/98 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank410of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Rock Island 2.0 ENEIL-RI-27

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/672 ft/20 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Moline, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.1 mi from Rock Island, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:12 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,000 ft; the ceiling is 3,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Moline, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, the ceiling at 3,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MLIFIG. A THE SKY OVER MOLINESECTION, 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 SHEETBKN 3,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMoline, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MLITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MLI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

47.0 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 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Moline: temperature 47.0 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 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MLIFIG. B THE AIR AT MOLINETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,000 FTTEMPERATURE 47.0 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 6.0 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 POINTTITLEMoline, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MLITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MLI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 46 mph.

Plan of the wind at Moline, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MLIFIG. C THE WIND AT MOLINEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMoline, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MLITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MLI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Mississippi River AT Rock Island LD15 (RCKI2), 1.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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Near Rock Island

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Near Rock Island

River and lake gauges