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Scales Mound, Illinois

Village in Jo Daviess County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Scales Mound

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Driftless Area South (WI), 33 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Scales Mound

0.52 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.52in
Last 3 days
0.52in

Visibility

How far you can see at Scales Mound, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Scales Mound, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

SavannaSFY

At an airfield/30.8 mi away/617 ft/341 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank750of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Scales Mound 0.0 ENEIL-JD-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.0 mi away/951 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

ElizabethEZBI2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.0 mi away/715 ft/243 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank34of 1,393

Station report

The weather at Savanna, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 30.8 mi from Scales Mound, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Savanna, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SFYFIG. A THE SKY OVER SAVANNASECTION, 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 SKYCEILING 2,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESavanna, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SFYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SFY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

52.3 F with a dew point of 47.5 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Savanna: temperature 52.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.5, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SFYFIG. B THE AIR AT SAVANNATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,000 FTTEMPERATURE 52.3 FDEW POINT 47.5 FSPREAD 4.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLESavanna, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SFYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SFY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Savanna, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SFYFIG. C THE WIND AT SAVANNAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESavanna, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SFYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SFY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Elizabeth (EZBI2), 10.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:30. measured daily

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Near Scales Mound

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