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Strasburg, Illinois

Village in Shelby County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Strasburg

Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Decatur (IL), 40 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good-
  • Ozone14Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Strasburg

0.41 in in the last 24 hours, 0.48 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.41in
Last 3 days
0.48in

Visibility

How far you can see at Strasburg, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Strasburg, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Effingham1H2

At an airfield/19.9 mi away/587 ft/47 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank629of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

WindsorWISI2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/712 ft/78 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank167of 1,393

Station report

The weather at Effingham, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.9 mi from Strasburg, Illinois. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 8,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Effingham, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1H2FIG. A THE SKY OVER EFFINGHAMSECTION, 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 FTSCT 8,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEEffingham, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 1H2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-1H2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

72.5 F with a dew point of 69.8 F, 91 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 8,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Effingham: temperature 72.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.8, 91 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 8,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1H2FIG. B THE AIR AT EFFINGHAMTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 69.1 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 8,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 72.5 F, 69.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 91 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 POINTTITLEEffingham, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1H2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-1H2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Effingham, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1H2FIG. C THE WIND AT EFFINGHAMPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEffingham, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1H2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-1H2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Windsor (WISI2), 6.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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

Near Strasburg

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

Near Strasburg

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