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Crystal Lawns, Illinois

Community in Will County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Crystal Lawns

Index 11, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Joliet and Will County (IL), 12 miles off.

11Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-
  • Ozone9Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Crystal Lawns

0.72 in in the last 24 hours, 0.85 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.72in
Last 3 days
0.85in

Visibility

How far you can see at Crystal Lawns, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 11 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Crystal Lawns, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

JolietJOT

At an airfield/3.5 mi away/581 ft/22 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank456of 1,393

JolietJOLI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.5 mi away/531 ft/72 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank871of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Joliet 3.4 NNWIL-WL-98

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/613 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Joliet 2N (Hydro)JKJI2

At a cooperative observer's station/2.2 mi away/630 ft/27 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Joliet, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.5 mi from Crystal Lawns, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,800 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Joliet, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JOTFIG. A THE SKY OVER JOLIETSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEJoliet, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JOTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JOT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

56.3 F with a dew point of 52.0 F, 85 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Joliet: temperature 56.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 52.0, 85 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JOTFIG. B THE AIR AT JOLIETTHE 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 1,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 51.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE 56.3 FDEW POINT 52.0 FSPREAD 4.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 85 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 POINTTITLEJoliet, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JOTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JOT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Joliet, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JOTFIG. C THE WIND AT JOLIETPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEJoliet, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JOTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JOT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Joliet 2N (Hydro) (JKJI2), 2.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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

Near Crystal Lawns

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

Near Crystal Lawns

River and lake gauges