I-39/Lincoln Bridge (593000)SS0776
Beside a road/6.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Now. Tonica is 56° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 14 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 47° by 8 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. Frost is possible tomorrow 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 10:07 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 12:00 AM in Tonica, Illinois.
Air quality
Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Peoria (IL), 38 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.28 in in the last 24 hours, 0.60 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 2 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Tonica, IllinoisReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Tonica, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
I-39/Lincoln Bridge (593000)SS0776
Beside a road/6.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Starved Rock Met Station Near North Utica411926088585501
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.7 mi away/467 ft/198 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
PeruVYS
At an airfield/10.4 mi away/653 ft/12 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station KB9MXLKB9MXL
In a volunteer observer's own ground/32.4 mi away/772 ft/107 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Tonica 0.2 NNWIL-LS-20
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/663 ft/2 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PeruPRUI2
At a cooperative observer's station/8.8 mi away/617 ft/48 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.