Temperature
57 F at 10 PM; 64 F at its warmest, 7 PM, and 56 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 57F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 64F
- 7 PM
- Lowest
- 56F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport, Illinois
Small airport in DeKalb County, Illinois58°
65°/52°
Overcast·
Feels like 58°·Moderate breeze 15 mph WNW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 11 degrees cooler: a high of 54° after 65° today.
Now. DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport is 58° and overcast at 10 PM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 45° by 6 AM, under cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 32°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 7 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
22Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
58feels58
17%
15mph
Today
Oct 15
6552
93%
15mph
Fri
Oct 16
5445
15%
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
5632
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6237
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6740
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6943
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7146
overcast
58°
65°52°
54°45°
56°32°
62°37°
67°40°
69°43°
71°46°
As of 10:00 PM in DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport
Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Aurora and Elgin (IL), 16 miles off.
22Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
- Ozone11Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport
0.35 in in the last 24 hours, 0.95 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.35in
- Last 3 days
- 0.95in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 37%
Visibility
How far you can see at DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- DKB
- ICAO
- KDKB
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 914 ft
- Serves
- DeKalb
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- DKB
- Wind now
- From 290° at 16 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 7,026 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 19° / 199° | 0 mph head, on 02 | 16 mph from the left |
| 09 / 27 | 4,201 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 15 mph head, on 27 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from De Kalb (DKB), DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 57 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 83% at 1 AM to 100% at 12 PM.
- Dew point now
- 57F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 83 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
16 mph from the west northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 16 mph, 10 PM, with a gust of 26 mph at 9 PM.
- Now
- 16mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 16mph
- 10 PM
- Highest gust
- 26mph
- 9 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.83 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.35 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.83inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.35inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 6 PM; 7 miles now.
- Now
- 7mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 6 PM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 6 PM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 6 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.32 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.17 in, in the hour to 4 PM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.32in
- Wettest hour
- 0.17in
- 4 PM
- Hours with some
- 8
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
De Kalb: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
De KalbDKB
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/915 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
ShabbonaSBNI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.9 mi away/863 ft/51 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Shabbona 5 NNE54811
At a climate reference station/10.0 mi away/861 ft/53 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Harmony @ GenoaIMC01
Beside a road/17.0 mi away/830 ft/84 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Cortland 0.3 EIL-DK-38
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/913 ft/1 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
South Branch Kishwaukee River AT De KalbDEKI2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.2 mi away/869 ft/45 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Illinois
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport
- Aurora Municipal AirportARR, 16 mi
- Rochelle Municipal Airport - Koritz FieldRPJ, 19 mi
- Dupage AirportDPA, 24 mi
- Chicago Rockford International AirportRFD, 27 mi
- Schaumburg Regional Airport06C, 31 mi
- Morris Municipal Airport James R. Washburn fieldC09, 38 mi
- Lewis University AirportLOT, 39 mi
- Joliet Regional AirportJOT, 40 mi