Parks/Illinois/Chain O'Lakes State Park

Chain O'Lakes State Park, Illinois

State Park in Lake County, Illinois

54° 55°/45°

Overcast· Feels like 54°·Moderate breeze 14 mph WNW

Now. Chain O'Lakes State Park is 54° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 51°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west-northwest at 14 mph, gusting to 25 mph.

Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 46° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:09 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 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

10Air quality

86%Humidity

97%Cloud

Now

1:00 AM

54feels54

14mph

Today

Oct 16

5545

19%

22mph

Sat

Oct 17

5734

13mph

Sun

Oct 18

6139

14mph

Mon

Oct 19

6341

Tue

Oct 20

6643

Wed

Oct 21

6847

Thu

Oct 22

6950

13%

54°

55°45°

57°34°

61°39°

63°41°

66°43°

68°47°

69°50°

As of 1:00 AM in Chain O'Lakes State Park, Illinois.

Air quality

The air at Chain O'Lakes State Park

Index 10, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Lake County (IL), 13 miles off.

10Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good15.3 mi
Ozone10Good14 ppb15.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 25, good.

GoodModerate

25YesterdayOct 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 Chain O'Lakes State Park

0.60 in in the last 24 hours, 0.78 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.60in
Last 3 days: 0.78in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 77%

Visibility

How far you can see at Chain O'Lakes State Park, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.

Park

Designation: State Park
Area: 5.97 sq mi
Height at its point: 768 ft
County: Lake County
State: Illinois
Latitude: 42.4447° N
Longitude: 88.1962° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Chain O'Lakes State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Nippersink Creek Near Spring Grove05548280

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.6 mi away/746 ft/22 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station WB9WXWB9WX

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.5 mi away/790 ft/22 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Miller Road BridgeIMC04

Beside a road/8.9 mi away/735 ft/33 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

WaukeganUGN

At an airfield/17.0 mi away/709 ft/59 ft below here