Temperature
68 F at 10 PM; 70 F at its warmest, 8 PM, and 59 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 68F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 70F
- 8 PM
- Lowest
- 59F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Gary/Chicago International Airport, Indiana
Medium airport in Lake County, Indiana67°
69°/55°
Overcast·
Feels like 67°·Gentle breeze 11 mph W
Coming up. Tomorrow is 11 degrees cooler: a high of 58° after 69° today.
Now. Gary/Chicago International Airport is 67° and overcast at 11 PM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the west at 11 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 58°. Rain is likely tomorrow (67%). Rain is possible Saturday (32%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 26 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 9 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
38Air quality
99%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
67feels67
21%
Today
Oct 15
6955
97%
14mph
Fri
Oct 16
5847
67%
26mph
Sat
Oct 17
5943
32%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6341
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6743
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6946
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7148
overcast
67°
69°55°
58°47°
59°43°
63°41°
67°43°
69°46°
71°48°
As of 11:00 PM in Gary/Chicago International Airport, Indiana.
Air quality
The air at Gary/Chicago International Airport
Index 38, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Hammond-Gary (IN), 4 miles off.
38Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)38Good4.7 mi
- Ozone13Good11 ppb4.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)16Good5.5 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.3 ppb5.5 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb4.5 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 40, good.
GoodModerate
- 40YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Gary/Chicago International Airport
0.13 in in the last 24 hours, 0.19 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.13in
- Last 3 days
- 0.19in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 68%
Visibility
How far you can see at Gary/Chicago International Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GYY
- ICAO
- KGYY
- IATA
- GYY
- Field elevation
- 591 ft
- Serves
- Gary
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- GYY
- Wind now
- From 250° at 13 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:50
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 3,604 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 21° / 201° | 9 mph head, on 20 | 10 mph from the right |
| 12 / 30 | 8,859 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 124° / 304° | 8 mph head, on 30 | 11 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Gary Regional (GYY), Gary/Chicago International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 68 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 77% at 11 AM to 100% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 68F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 77 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
13 mph from the west southwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 14 mph, 8 PM, with a gust of 23 mph at 8 PM.
- Now
- 13mph
- from the west southwest
- Strongest
- 14mph
- 8 PM
- Highest gust
- 23mph
- 8 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.76 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.02 inHg over 3 hours; 0.38 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.76inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.38inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 7 PM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 7 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 600 ft at 7 PM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 7 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Gary Regional: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Gary/Chicago International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/591 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-94 E/B at MM 7.8 DMS SignIN063
Beside a road/3.6 mi away/604 ft/13 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Gary 2.6 WSWIN-LK-97
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/604 ft/13 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Crown Point 1NCRPI3
At a cooperative observer's station/12.7 mi away/699 ft/108 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Indiana
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Gary/Chicago International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- East Chicagocity, 3 mi
- Garycity, 4 mi
- Hammondcity, 5 mi
- Highlandtown, 5 mi
- Griffithtown, 6 mi
- Whitingcity, 6 mi
- Rosscommunity, 6 mi
- Munstertown, 6 mi
- New Chicagotown, 8 mi
- Lake Stationcity, 9 mi
- Scherervilletown, 9 mi
- Merrillvilletown, 10 mi
Airports near Gary/Chicago International Airport
- Porter County Municipal AirportVPZ, 24 mi
- Michigan City Municipal AirportMGC, 31 mi
- La Porte Municipal AirportPPO, 35 mi
- Starke County AirportOXI, 44 mi
- Jasper County AirportRZL, 48 mi
- South Bend International AirportSBN, 57 mi
- Plymouth Municipal AirportC65, 60 mi
- White County AirportMCX, 71 mi