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Harvard, Illinois

City in McHenry County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Harvard

Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Rockford (IL), 22 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)5Good-
  • Ozone14Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Harvard

0.46 in in the last 24 hours, 0.50 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.46in
Last 3 days
0.50in

Visibility

How far you can see at Harvard, the next 41 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Harvard, 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

RockfordRFD

At an airfield/28.9 mi away/722 ft/232 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank338of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Harvard 0.2 NIL-MCH-42

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/948 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Harvard WWTPHVDI2

At a water treatment plant/0.6 mi away/915 ft/39 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Rockford, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 28.9 mi from Harvard, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

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

Section of the sky over Rockford, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,200 feet, the ceiling at 2,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RFDFIG. A THE SKY OVER ROCKFORDSECTION, 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 3,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLERockford, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RFDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RFD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

52.0 F with a dew point of 47.0 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 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Rockford: temperature 52.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.0, 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 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RFDFIG. B THE AIR AT ROCKFORDTHE 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 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 52.0 FDEW POINT 47.0 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 POINTTITLERockford, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RFDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RFD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 22 mph, gusting 33 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Rockford, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 22 miles an hour, gusting 33; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RFDFIG. C THE WIND AT ROCKFORDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 33 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERockford, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RFDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RFD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Illinois

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

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Near Harvard

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