Citizen station EW5858EW5858
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/625 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Gillson Beach, Illinois
Beach in Cook County, IllinoisGale Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, west winds to 30 kt with a few gale force gusts to 35 kt expected. For the Gale Warning, northerly gales to 40 kt and significant waves to 14 ft occasionally to 18 ft expected. * WHERE...Winthrop Harbor to Calumet Harbor IL. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, until 1 PM CDT Friday. For the Gale Warning, from 1 PM Friday to 1 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous waves which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for hazardous conditions.
60°
57°/47°
Light rain·
Feels like 60°·Gentle breeze 11 mph WNW
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Gillson Beach until 1 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Gillson Beach is 60° and light rain at 12 AM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 11 mph, gusting to 23 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 49° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:08 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:57 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
86%Humidity
97%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
60feels60
now, rain light
Today
Oct 16
5747
27%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5839
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6242
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6544
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6846
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6950
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7152
overcast
60°
57°47°
58°39°
62°42°
65°44°
68°46°
69°50°
71°52°
As of 12:00 AM in Gillson Beach, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Gillson Beach
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Chicago (IL), 17 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good7 mi
- Ozone7Good9 ppb1.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-7 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.
GoodModerate
- 36YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Gillson Beach
0.41 in in the last 24 hours, 1.75 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.41in
- Last 3 days
- 1.75in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 23%
Visibility
How far you can see at Gillson Beach, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NNE 27°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Cook County
- State
- Illinois
- Latitude
- 42.0818° N
- Longitude
- 87.6881° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Gillson Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
WinnetkaWNKI2
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.9 mi away/624 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
PalwaukeePWK
At an airfield/11.4 mi away/666 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rakow @ Pyott RdIMC03
Beside a road/33.4 mi away/895 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Wilmette 1.6 EIL-CK-372
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/611 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/16.1 mi away/584 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Illinois
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Gillson Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Kenilworthvillage, 1 mi
- Wilmettevillage, 2 mi
- Evanstoncity, 3 mi
- Winnetkavillage, 3 mi
- Skokievillage, 4 mi
- Northfieldvillage, 5 mi
- Glencoevillage, 5 mi
- Golfvillage, 5 mi
- Lincolnwoodvillage, 6 mi
- Morton Grovevillage, 6 mi
- Glenviewvillage, 7 mi
- Nilesvillage, 7 mi
Beaches near Gillson Beach
- Langdon Beachunder 1 mi
- Aquatics Beachunder 1 mi
- Kenilworth Beach1 mi
- Lighthouse Beach2 mi
- North Beach2 mi
- Elder Lane Beach2 mi
- Cherry Street Beach2 mi
- Clark Street Beach2 mi