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Sailor Springs, Illinois

Village in Clay County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Sailor Springs

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Vincennes (IN), 48 miles off.

19Good
  • Ozone19Good7 ppb23.5 mi

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sailor Springs

0.29 in in the last 24 hours, 0.72 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.29in
Last 3 days
0.72in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sailor Springs, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Sailor Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

FloraFOA

At an airfield/8.5 mi away/472 ft/21 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank505of 1,393

FloraFOAI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.6 mi away/490 ft/39 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank888of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

FloraFORI2

At a cooperative observer's station/8.8 mi away/476 ft/25 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Flora 0.2 WNWIL-CY-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.2 mi away/492 ft/41 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Flora, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.5 mi from Sailor Springs, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,300 ft, overcast at 2,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Flora, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FOAFIG. A THE SKY OVER FLORASECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFlora, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FOATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FOA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Flora: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FOAFIG. B THE AIR AT FLORATHE 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 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE 62.6 FDEW POINT 59.0 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLEFlora, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FOATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FOA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 33 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Flora, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 33; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FOAFIG. C THE WIND AT FLORAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 33 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFlora, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FOATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FOA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Flora (FORI2), 8.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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

Near Sailor Springs

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

Near Sailor Springs

River and lake gauges