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Blue Island, Illinois

City in Cook County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Blue Island

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, South and West Suburbs (Chicago) (IL), 9 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good2.8 mi
  • Ozone16Good13 ppb2.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-19.7 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide13Good14.1 ppb19.7 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb9.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Blue Island

0.51 in in the last 24 hours, 0.63 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.51in
Last 3 days
0.63in

Visibility

How far you can see at Blue Island, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 3 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Blue Island, 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

ChicagoCHUI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/1.9 mi away/620 ft/15 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank912of 1,393

ChicagoMDW

At an airfield/9.4 mi away/617 ft/18 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Blue Island 0.5 EIL-CK-44

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/607 ft/28 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Chicago, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.4 mi from Blue Island, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,700 ft, broken at 2,700 ft, overcast at 3,300 ft; the ceiling is 2,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Chicago, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,300 feet, the ceiling at 2,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MDWFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHICAGOSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEChicago, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MDWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MDW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

52.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Chicago: temperature 52.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MDWFIG. B THE AIR AT CHICAGOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,700 FTTEMPERATURE 52.0 FDEW POINT 46.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLEChicago, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MDWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MDW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Chicago, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MDWFIG. C THE WIND AT CHICAGOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEChicago, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MDWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MDW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Chicago Midway AP 3SW (MDWI2), 7.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:58. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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

Near Blue Island

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

Near Blue Island

River and lake gauges