Citizen station GW2066GW2066
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/598 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Oak Street 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.
59°
58°/48°
Overcast·
Feels like 59°·Gentle breeze 11 mph W
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Oak Street 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. Oak Street Beach is 59° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 53°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west at 11 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 51° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. 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 9:58 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
14Air quality
85%Humidity
97%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
59feels59
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
5848
40%
25mph
Sat
Oct 17
5942
11%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6143
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6446
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6749
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
6852
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7054
overcast
59°
58°48°
59°42°
61°43°
64°46°
67°49°
68°52°
70°54°
As of 1:00 AM in Oak Street Beach, Illinois.
Air quality
The air at Oak Street Beach
Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Chicago (IL), 5 miles off.
14Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good5.4 mi
- Ozone7Good8 ppb7.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-19 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb19.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.
GoodModerate
- 36YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Oak Street Beach
0.33 in in the last 24 hours, 0.62 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.33in
- Last 3 days
- 0.62in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 53%
Visibility
How far you can see at Oak Street Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NE 49°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Cook County
- State
- Illinois
- Latitude
- 41.9020° N
- Longitude
- 87.6223° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Oak Street Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
measured daily2 instruments
Chicago 4.9 NEIL-CK-39
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/620 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/3.3 mi away/584 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 Oak Street Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Chicagocity, 2 mi
- Cicerotown, 8 mi
- Oak Parkvillage, 9 mi
- Lincolnwoodvillage, 9 mi
- Berwyncity, 9 mi
- Forest Parkvillage, 10 mi
- River Forestvillage, 10 mi
- Elmwood Parkvillage, 10 mi
- Harwood Heightsvillage, 10 mi
- Evanstoncity, 10 mi
- Stickneyvillage, 11 mi
- Forest Viewvillage, 11 mi
Beaches near Oak Street Beach
- Ohio Street Beachunder 1 mi
- North Avenue Beachunder 1 mi
- Fullerton Beach2 mi
- Lincoln Park Beach (historical)2 mi
- Twelfth Street Beach3 mi
- Humboldt Beach4 mi
- Montrose - Wilson Beach4 mi
- Clarendon Beach (historical)4 mi