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Braceville, Illinois

Village in Grundy County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Braceville

Index 10, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Joliet and Will County (IL), 13 miles off.

10Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
  • Ozone10Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Braceville

0.29 in in the last 24 hours, 0.58 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.29in
Last 3 days
0.58in

Visibility

How far you can see at Braceville, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 1 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Braceville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Morris-WashburnC09

At an airfield/15.9 mi away/584 ft/3 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Braidwood 0.7 SEIL-WL-141

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/582 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Midewin Tallgrass Prairie, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 10.6 mi from Braceville, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:23 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 47.6 F, 79 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Midewin Tallgrass Prairie: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.6, 79 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WMGI2FIG. B THE AIR AT MIDEWIN TALLGRASS PRAIRIETHE 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 FSATURATES 1,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.2 FTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 47.6 FSPREAD 6.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 79 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 POINTTITLEMidewin Tallgrass Prairie, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP WMGI2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WMGI2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (299 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Midewin Tallgrass Prairie, north up: blowing from 299 degrees, the west northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WMGI2FIG. C THE WIND AT MIDEWIN TALLGRASS PRAIRIEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 299°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMidewin Tallgrass Prairie, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP WMGI2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WMGI2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 561 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.32 inHg and the temperature at 57.0 F; it reports 54.0 F, 3.0 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Midewin Tallgrass Prairie stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 561 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.32 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WMGI2FIG. D WHERE MIDEWIN TALLGRASS PRAIRIE STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREMIDEWIN TALLGRASS PRAIRIE2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT561 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.32 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.0 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED54.0 FTITLEMidewin Tallgrass Prairie, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP WMGI2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WMGI2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Midewin Tallgrass Prairie, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Coal City 4NNW (Hydro) (CTYI2), 8.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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Near Braceville

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Near Braceville

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