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Antioch, Illinois

Village in Lake County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Antioch

Index 10, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lake County (IL), 11 miles off.

10Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good14.3 mi
  • Ozone10Good11 ppb13.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Antioch

0.57 in in the last 24 hours, 0.88 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.57in
Last 3 days
0.88in

Visibility

How far you can see at Antioch, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Antioch, IllinoisReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Antioch, 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

WaukeganUGN

At an airfield/12.1 mi away/709 ft/72 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank25of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Antioch 1.1 SWIL-LK-138

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/777 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Waukegan, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.1 mi from Antioch, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,200 ft, overcast at 2,600 ft; the ceiling is 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Waukegan, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, the ceiling at 2,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UGNFIG. A THE SKY OVER WAUKEGANSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWaukegan, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS UGNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UGN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 52.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Waukegan: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 52.0, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UGNFIG. B THE AIR AT WAUKEGANTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 51.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE 56.0 FDEW POINT 52.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEWaukegan, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS UGNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UGN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Waukegan, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UGNFIG. C THE WIND AT WAUKEGANPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWaukegan, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS UGNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UGN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Waukegan, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at McHenry Stratton Lock/Dam (MCHI2), 14.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Antioch

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Antioch

River and lake gauges