Citizen station DW2227DW2227
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.0 mi away/612 ft/169 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Taylor Ridge until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Taylor Ridge is 46° and mostly cloudy at 5 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 12 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:20 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:12 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 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Taylor Ridge, Illinois.
Air quality
Index 23, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Davenport (IA), 10 miles off.
Yesterday measured 19, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
0.10 in in the last 24 hours, 0.25 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 11 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Taylor Ridge, IllinoisReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Taylor Ridge, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station DW2227DW2227
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.0 mi away/612 ft/169 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
MolineMLI
At an airfield/9.3 mi away/594 ft/187 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mississippi River AT Rock Island LD15RCKI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.4 mi away/552 ft/229 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
US-34 @ MonmouthSS0325
Beside a road/33.5 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Taylor Ridge 1.1 NIL-RI-24
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/762 ft/19 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Rock Island L/D 15RCKI2
At a cooperative observer's station/10.4 mi away/552 ft/229 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 9.3 mi from Taylor Ridge, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:12 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Broken at 3,000 ft; the ceiling is 3,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
47.0 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,000 ft.
From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 46 mph.
The full report of Moline, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Mississippi River AT Rock Island LD15 (RCKI2), 10.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. 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.