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Venice, Illinois

City in Madison County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Venice

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, St. Louis (Metro-east) (IL), 13 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good1.9 mi
  • Ozone17Good12 ppb2.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good1.9 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.7 ppb2.2 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb2.2 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm2.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Venice

0.61 in in the last 24 hours, 1.40 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.61in
Last 3 days
1.40in

Visibility

How far you can see at Venice, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Venice, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Madison 0.6 NNEIL-MD-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/423 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

AltonALNI2

At a cooperative observer's station/14.2 mi away/394 ft/22 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank981of 1,393

Station report

The weather at Cahokia/St Louis, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.4 mi from Venice, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:36 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,800 ft, broken at 4,000 ft, overcast at 4,700 ft; the ceiling is 4,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Cahokia/St Louis, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, broken cloud with its base at 4,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,700 feet, the ceiling at 4,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CPSFIG. A THE SKY OVER CAHOKIA/ST LOUISSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 4,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,800 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECahokia/St Louis, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CPSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CPS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 53.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Cahokia/St Louis: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CPSFIG. B THE AIR AT CAHOKIA/ST LOUISTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 51.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,800 FTTEMPERATURE 58.0 FDEW POINT 53.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLECahokia/St Louis, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CPSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CPS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 33 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Cahokia/St Louis, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 33; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CPSFIG. C THE WIND AT CAHOKIA/ST LOUISPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 33 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECahokia/St Louis, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CPSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CPS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Cahokia/St Louis, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Mississippi River AT Mel Price LD (ALNI2), 14.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 05:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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

Near Venice

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

Near Venice

River and lake gauges