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Tower Hill, Illinois

Village in Shelby County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Tower Hill

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Decatur (IL), 32 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Tower Hill

0.56 in in the last 24 hours, 0.68 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.56in
Last 3 days
0.68in

Visibility

How far you can see at Tower Hill, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 3 miles Fri 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Tower Hill, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

TaylorvilleTAZ

At an airfield/22.1 mi away/623 ft/34 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

PanaPNAI2

At a cooperative observer's station/3.6 mi away/640 ft/17 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank47of 1,393

Station report

The weather at Citizen station DW5254, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 28.2 mi from Tower Hill, Illinois. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the northwest (312 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station DW5254, north up: blowing from 312 degrees, the northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW5254FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION DW5254PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 312°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station DW5254, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW5254TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW5254-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 599 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.28 inHg and the temperature at 56.9 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.05 inHg means its barometer reads 29.41 inHg; it reports 54.0 F, 2.9 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station DW5254 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 599 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.28 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.9 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.05 and the station pressure it means, 29.41.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW5254FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION DW5254 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION DW52542 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT599 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.28 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.9 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.05 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.41 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED54.0 FTITLECitizen station DW5254, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW5254TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW5254-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 42 degrees above the horizon at 39.15 N, and the day is 11 h 00 min long. Level ground there takes 67 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station DW5254, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 42 degrees above the horizon, against 74 at the June solstice, 51 at the equinoxes and 27 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 00 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW5254FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION DW5254ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 74°EQUINOXES 51°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 27°OCT 16, 42°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 00 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 67 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 39.15 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station DW5254, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW5254TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW5254-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station DW5254, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Pana (PNAI2), 3.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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Near Tower Hill

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Near Tower Hill

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