FairfieldFWC
At an airfield/14.2 mi away/436 ft/24 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Now. Springerton is 57° and overcast at 1 PM. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 41° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 78°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:14 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:15 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 PM in Springerton, Illinois.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Evansville (IN), 44 miles off.
Highest moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.
Precipitation
0.33 in in the last 24 hours, 0.95 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 10 miles Sat 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Springerton, IllinoisReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Springerton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
FairfieldFWC
At an airfield/14.2 mi away/436 ft/24 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Posey 3 (Py 3)380758087551001
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.9 mi away/381 ft/31 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW4509FW4509
In a volunteer observer's own ground/33.2 mi away/511 ft/99 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
US 50 at GreendaleMX9208
Beside a road/36.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Wayne City 8.0 SSEIL-HM-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.1 mi away/440 ft/28 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
FairfieldFFDI2
At a cooperative observer's station/14.3 mi away/486 ft/74 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 14.2 mi from Springerton, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 3,900 ft; the ceiling is 3,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
56.0 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 55 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,900 ft.
From the northwest (310 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.
The full report of Fairfield, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Fairfield (FFDI2), 14.3 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.