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Russellville, Illinois

Village in Lawrence County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Russellville

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Vincennes (IN), 4 miles off.

20Good
  • Ozone20Good-

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Russellville

1.10 in in the last 24 hours, 1.60 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
1.10in
Last 3 days
1.60in

Visibility

How far you can see at Russellville, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Russellville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Lawrenceville 3.5 NIL-LW-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.5 mi away/443 ft/16 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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LawrencevilleLWVI2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.7 mi away/463 ft/36 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Lawrenceville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.5 mi from Russellville, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:58 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,300 ft, broken at 3,000 ft, overcast at 8,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Lawrenceville, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LWVFIG. A THE SKY OVER LAWRENCEVILLESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 8,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLELawrenceville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LWVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LWV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

65.0 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 93 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 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Lawrenceville: temperature 65.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 93 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 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LWVFIG. B THE AIR AT LAWRENCEVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 65.0 F, 63.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLELawrenceville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LWVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LWV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 26 mph, gusting 37 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lawrenceville, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 26 miles an hour, gusting 37; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LWVFIG. C THE WIND AT LAWRENCEVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE32GUST, 37 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELawrenceville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LWVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LWV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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