Citizen station GW1815GW1815
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/673 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Illinois Beach State Park, Illinois
Beach in Lake County, Illinois* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 32 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Lake IL County. * WHEN...From 5 AM to 8 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
54°
56°/45°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 54°·Moderate breeze 15 mph N
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Illinois Beach State Park until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Illinois Beach State Park is 54° and mostly cloudy at 1 PM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 15 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 47° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° 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 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:08 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:56 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 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
3UV Low
19Air quality
68%Humidity
78%Cloud
Now
1:00 PM
54feels54
14%
15mph
Today
Oct 16
5645
15%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5736
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6041
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6342
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6544
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6648
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
6849
overcast
54°
56°45°
57°36°
60°41°
63°42°
65°44°
66°48°
68°49°
As of 1:00 PM in Illinois Beach State Park, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Illinois Beach State Park
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Lake County (IL), 12 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good5.2 mi
- Ozone19Good24 ppb2.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-20 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Illinois Beach State Park
0.38 in in the last 24 hours, 0.57 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.38in
- Last 3 days
- 0.57in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 67%
Visibility
How far you can see at Illinois Beach State Park, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing E 90°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Lake County
- State
- Illinois
- Latitude
- 42.4305° N
- Longitude
- 87.8045° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Illinois Beach State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
WaukeganUGN
At an airfield/3.0 mi away/709 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Waukegan HarborNDBC-WHRI2
At a harbour/4.8 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Miller Road BridgeIMC04
Beside a road/24.1 mi away/735 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Zion 1.3 SEIL-LK-137
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/621 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Lake Zurich (Hydro)LKZI2
At a cooperative observer's station/21.2 mi away/807 ft/- ft from 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 Illinois Beach State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Beach Parkvillage, 2 mi
- Zioncity, 3 mi
- Winthrop Harborvillage, 4 mi
- Waukegancity, 5 mi
- Wadsworthvillage, 5 mi
- Park Citycity, 7 mi
- Gurneevillage, 8 mi
- North Chicagocity, 8 mi
- Old Mill Creekvillage, 10 mi
- Grandwood Parkcommunity, 10 mi
- Green Oaksvillage, 11 mi
- Lake Bluffvillage, 11 mi
Beaches near Illinois Beach State Park
- Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Parkunder 1 mi
- Waukegan Beach5 mi
- Sunrise Beach11 mi
- Independence Grove Beach11 mi
- Pebble Beach11 mi
- Meyer's Beach12 mi
- Lake Minear Beach12 mi
- Minear Lake Beach12 mi