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Glenview, Illinois

Village in Cook County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Glenview

Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Chicago (IL), 18 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good2.6 mi
  • Ozone10Good8 ppb2.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-4.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Glenview

0.54 in in the last 24 hours, 1.70 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.54in
Last 3 days
1.70in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Glenview, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

NorthbrookNBKI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.3 mi away/674 ft/34 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank935of 1,393

PalwaukeePWK

At an airfield/5.3 mi away/666 ft/26 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank10of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Glenview 1.8 ESEIL-CK-40

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/659 ft/19 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Lake Zurich (Hydro)LKZI2

At a cooperative observer's station/14.5 mi away/807 ft/167 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Palwaukee, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.3 mi from Glenview, Illinois. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:33 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,600 ft, overcast at 2,300 ft; the ceiling is 1,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Palwaukee, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, the ceiling at 1,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PWKFIG. A THE SKY OVER PALWAUKEESECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPalwaukee, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PWKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PWK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Palwaukee: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PWKFIG. B THE AIR AT PALWAUKEETHE 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 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 55.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEPalwaukee, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PWKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PWK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Palwaukee, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PWKFIG. C THE WIND AT PALWAUKEEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPalwaukee, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PWKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PWK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Illinois

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Near Glenview

River and lake gauges