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Essex, Illinois

Village in Kankakee County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Essex

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Joliet and Will County (IL), 15 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good2.9 mi
  • Ozone14Good13 ppb2.9 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Essex

0.19 in in the last 24 hours, 0.51 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.19in
Last 3 days
0.51in

Visibility

How far you can see at Essex, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 9 miles Sun 5 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Essex, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station EW5026EW5026

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.0 mi away/631 ft/40 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

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Midewin Tallgrass PrairieWMGI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/11.5 mi away/561 ft/30 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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I-57 ChebanseSS1922

Beside a road/19.3 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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KankakeeIKK

At an airfield/19.4 mi away/630 ft/39 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Gardner 2.2 SEIL-GY-39

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/593 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Coal City 4NNW (Hydro)CTYI2

At a cooperative observer's station/12.4 mi away/525 ft/66 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Kankakee, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.4 mi from Essex, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,200 ft, broken at 2,800 ft, overcast at 3,300 ft; the ceiling is 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Kankakee, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,300 feet, the ceiling at 2,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IKKFIG. A THE SKY OVER KANKAKEESECTION, 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 2,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEKankakee, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IKKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IKK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 68 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Kankakee: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 68 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IKKFIG. B THE AIR AT KANKAKEETHE 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 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 42.8 FSPREAD 10.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 68 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 POINTTITLEKankakee, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IKKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IKK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Kankakee, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IKKFIG. C THE WIND AT KANKAKEEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKankakee, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IKKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IKK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Coal City 4NNW (Hydro) (CTYI2), 12.4 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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

Near Essex

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

Near Essex

River and lake gauges