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Sherman, Illinois

Village in Sangamon County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Sherman

Index 20, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Springfield (IL), 7 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good4.6 mi
  • Ozone13Good4 ppb4.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sherman

0.44 in in the last 24 hours, 0.45 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.44in
Last 3 days
0.45in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sherman, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Thu 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Sherman, 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

measured daily2 instruments

Sherman 0.5 NEIL-SG-75

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/575 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

ShermanSHRI2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/577 ft/4 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank50of 1,393

Station report

The weather at Springfield, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.2 mi from Sherman, Illinois. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:03 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,000 ft, broken at 1,800 ft, overcast at 3,700 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Springfield, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,700 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SPIFIG. A THE SKY OVER SPRINGFIELDSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESpringfield, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SPITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SPI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Springfield: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SPIFIG. B THE AIR AT SPRINGFIELDTHE 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 F70 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE 58.0 FDEW POINT 55.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLESpringfield, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SPITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SPI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 30 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Springfield, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 30; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SPIFIG. C THE WIND AT SPRINGFIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 30 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESpringfield, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SPITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SPI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Sherman (SHRI2), 0.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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Near Sherman

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