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Huntley, Illinois

Village in McHenry County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Huntley

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, North and West Suburbs (Chicago) (IL), 9 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good9.8 mi
  • Ozone15Good18 ppb9.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Huntley

0.41 in in the last 24 hours, 0.73 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.41in
Last 3 days
0.73in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Huntley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Huntley 0.4 WSWIL-MCH-68

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/905 ft/17 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Crystal Lake 4NWCRYI2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/932 ft/44 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Chicago/Dupage, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.2 mi from Huntley, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,900 ft, overcast at 2,700 ft; the ceiling is 1,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Chicago/Dupage, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, the ceiling at 1,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DPAFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHICAGO/DUPAGESECTION, 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 2,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEChicago/Dupage, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DPATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DPA-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 48.0 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 1,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Chicago/Dupage: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 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 1,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DPAFIG. B THE AIR AT CHICAGO/DUPAGETHE 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 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,900 FTTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 48.0 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/Dupage, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DPATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DPA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.

Plan of the wind at Chicago/Dupage, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 12 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DPAFIG. C THE WIND AT CHICAGO/DUPAGEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEChicago/Dupage, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DPATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DPA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Chicago/Dupage, 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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