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Rockport, Illinois

Community in Pike County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Rockport

Index 16, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Mark Twain State Park (MO), 42 miles off.

16Good
  • Coarse particles (PM10)16Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Rockport

0.36 in in the last 24 hours, 0.74 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.36in
Last 3 days
0.74in

Visibility

How far you can see at Rockport, the next 46 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Rockport, 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 now4 instruments

PittsfieldPPQ

At an airfield/14.3 mi away/709 ft/251 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank436of 1,393

Perry [CCOOP]PEYI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/20.6 mi away/633 ft/175 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

New Canton 8.7 SEIL-PK-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/479 ft/21 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Site 2PTTI2

At a cooperative observer's station/12.5 mi away/692 ft/234 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Pittsfield, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.3 mi from Rockport, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Pittsfield, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PPQFIG. A THE SKY OVER PITTSFIELDSECTION, 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 SKYCEILING 5,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPittsfield, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PPQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PPQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

52.0 F with a dew point of 40.3 F, 64 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Pittsfield: temperature 52.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.3, 64 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PPQFIG. B THE AIR AT PITTSFIELDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE 52.0 FDEW POINT 40.3 FSPREAD 11.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 64 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 POINTTITLEPittsfield, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PPQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PPQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Pittsfield, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 16 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 PPQFIG. C THE WIND AT PITTSFIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPittsfield, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PPQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PPQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Illinois

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Rockport

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Rockport

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