Temperature
63 F at 10 PM; 66 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 60 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 63F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 66F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 60F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Chicago Midway International Airport, Illinois
Large airport in Cook County, Illinois64°
67°/56°
Light rain·
Feels like 64°·Moderate breeze 16 mph W
Coming up. Tomorrow is 10 degrees cooler: a high of 57° after 67° today.
Now. Chicago Midway International Airport is 64° and light rain at 11 PM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels a little humid. Moderate breeze from the west at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 50° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. Rain is possible tomorrow (33%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph.
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. 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 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
90%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
64feels64
20%
16mph
Today
Oct 15
6756
99%
16mph
Fri
Oct 16
5750
33%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5841
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6342
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6645
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6948
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7151
overcast
64°
67°56°
57°50°
58°41°
63°42°
66°45°
69°48°
71°51°
As of 11:00 PM in Chicago Midway International Airport, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Chicago Midway International Airport
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Chicago (IL), 5 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good3.1 mi
- Ozone10Good7 ppb3.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-24.4 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb16.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.
GoodModerate
- 36YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Chicago Midway International Airport
0.43 in in the last 24 hours, 0.73 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.43in
- Last 3 days
- 0.73in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 59%
Visibility
How far you can see at Chicago Midway International Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Thu 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MDW
- ICAO
- KMDW
- IATA
- MDW
- Field elevation
- 620 ft
- Serves
- Chicago
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- MDW
- Wind now
- From 290° at 16 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04L / 22R | 5,507 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 44° / 224° | 7 mph head, on 22R | 15 mph from the right |
| 04R / 22L | 6,445 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 43° / 223° | 6 mph head, on 22L | 15 mph from the right |
| 13L / 31R | 6,522 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 134° / 314° | 15 mph head, on 31R | 7 mph from the left |
| 13R / 31L | 3,859 ft | 60 ft | Concrete | 134° / 314° | 15 mph head, on 31L | 7 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Chicago (MDW), Chicago Midway International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 61 F, the air 92% saturated; the humidity ran from 72% at 12 AM to 99% at 7 PM.
- Dew point now
- 61F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 92%
- Humidity, range
- 72 to 99%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
15 mph from the west northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 15 mph, 10 PM, with a gust of 32 mph at 10 PM.
- Now
- 15mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 15mph
- 10 PM
- Highest gust
- 32mph
- 10 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.79 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.36 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.79inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.36inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 5 PM; 7 miles now.
- Now
- 7mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 5 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 500 ft at 7 PM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 7 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.42 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.30 in, in the hour to 5 PM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.42in
- Wettest hour
- 0.30in
- 5 PM
- Hours with some
- 10
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Chicago: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Chicago Midway International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
ChicagoMDW
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/617 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Bedford Park - ISWS Lake Michigan DiversionBPRI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.1 mi away/623 ft/3 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
US-34 @ Fox River BridgeSS1924
Beside a road/31.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Forest View 1.4 SEIL-CK-113
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/610 ft/10 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/3.6 mi away/617 ft/3 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Chicago Midway AP 3SW (MDWI2), 3.6 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:58. measured daily
Elsewhere in Illinois
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Chicago Midway International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Forest Viewvillage, 3 mi
- Summitvillage, 3 mi
- Burbankcity, 3 mi
- Stickneyvillage, 3 mi
- Bedford Parkvillage, 3 mi
- Hometowncity, 4 mi
- Lyonsvillage, 4 mi
- McCookvillage, 4 mi
- Bridgeviewvillage, 4 mi
- Cicerotown, 4 mi
- Riversidevillage, 5 mi
- Berwyncity, 5 mi
Airports near Chicago Midway International Airport
- Chicago O'Hare International AirportORD, 15 mi
- Lansing Municipal AirportIGQ, 21 mi
- Lewis University AirportLOT, 22 mi
- Schaumburg Regional Airport06C, 23 mi
- Chicago Executive AirportPWK, 24 mi
- Dupage AirportDPA, 27 mi
- Joliet Regional AirportJOT, 29 mi
- Aurora Municipal AirportARR, 37 mi