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Downers Grove, Illinois

Village in DuPage County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Downers Grove

Index 20, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, South and West Suburbs (Chicago) (IL), 10 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good7.4 mi
  • Ozone9Good10 ppb3.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 48, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Downers Grove

0.38 in in the last 24 hours, 0.59 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.38in
Last 3 days
0.59in

Visibility

How far you can see at Downers Grove, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 12 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Downers Grove, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Downers Grove 0.6 SEIL-DP-143

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/733 ft/2 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Westmont (Hydro)WJWI2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/741 ft/6 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Chicago OHare, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.5 mi from Downers Grove, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:51 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 Chicago OHare, 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 ORDFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHICAGO OHARESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEChicago OHare, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ORDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ORD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 52.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Chicago OHare: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 52.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ORDFIG. B THE AIR AT CHICAGO OHARETHE 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 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE 57.0 FDEW POINT 52.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 OHare, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ORDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ORD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 30 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Chicago OHare, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 30; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ORDFIG. C THE WIND AT CHICAGO OHAREPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 30 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEChicago OHare, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ORDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ORD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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