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Valley City, Illinois

Village in Pike County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Valley City

Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Springfield (IL), 51 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone14Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Valley City

0.10 in in the last 24 hours, 0.37 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.10in
Last 3 days
0.37in

Visibility

How far you can see at Valley City, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Valley City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

PittsfieldPPQ

At an airfield/8.2 mi away/709 ft/209 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank436of 1,393

Perry [CCOOP]PEYI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/11.4 mi away/633 ft/133 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Meredosia 0.4 SIL-MG-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.6 mi away/449 ft/51 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Site 2PTTI2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.0 mi away/692 ft/192 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Pittsfield, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.2 mi from Valley City, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Pittsfield, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PPQFIG. A THE SKY OVER PITTSFIELDSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPittsfield, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PPQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PPQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 68 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Pittsfield: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.0, 68 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PPQFIG. B THE AIR AT PITTSFIELDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.8 FTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 40.0 FSPREAD 10.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 68 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 POINTTITLEPittsfield, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PPQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PPQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Pittsfield, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 9 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 PPQFIG. C THE WIND AT PITTSFIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPittsfield, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PPQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PPQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Illinois

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

Near Valley City

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

Near Valley City

River and lake gauges