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Gardner, Illinois

Village in Grundy County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Gardner

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Joliet and Will County (IL), 17 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
  • Ozone18Good19 ppb6.6 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Gardner

0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 0.36 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.11in
Last 3 days
0.36in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Mon 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Sat 8 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Gardner, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Morris-WashburnC09

At an airfield/17.5 mi away/584 ft/4 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Gardner 2.2 SEIL-GY-39

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/593 ft/5 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Dwight WWTPCWWI2

At a water treatment plant/7.7 mi away/623 ft/35 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Citizen station EW5026, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 14.2 mi from Gardner, Illinois. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station EW5026, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW5026FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION EW5026PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station EW5026, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW5026TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-17IDSR-EW5026-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 631 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.25 inHg and the temperature at 56.7 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.48 inHg means its barometer reads 29.79 inHg; it reports 35.0 F, 21.7 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station EW5026 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 631 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.25 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.7 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.48 and the station pressure it means, 29.79.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW5026FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION EW5026 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION EW50262 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT631 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 HERE29.25 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.7 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.48 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.79 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED35.0 FTITLECitizen station EW5026, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW5026TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-17IDSR-EW5026-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 17 the noon sun stands 39 degrees above the horizon at 41.15 N, and the day is 10 h 53 min long. Level ground there takes 63 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station EW5026, angles true: on Oct 17 it stands 39 degrees above the horizon, against 72 at the June solstice, 49 at the equinoxes and 25 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 53 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW5026FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION EW5026ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 72°EQUINOXES 49°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 25°OCT 17, 39°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 53 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 63 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 41.15 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.4°TITLECitizen station EW5026, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW5026TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-17IDSR-EW5026-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station EW5026, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Dwight WWTP (CWWI2), 7.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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Near Gardner

River and lake gauges