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Indian Head Park, Illinois

Village in Cook County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Indian Head Park

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, South and West Suburbs (Chicago) (IL), 6 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Indian Head Park

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.81 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.81in

Visibility

How far you can see at Indian Head Park, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.

SatSun

On the radar over Indian Head Park, IllinoisReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Indian Head Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ChicagoMDW

At an airfield/7.4 mi away/617 ft/74 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 1,419

measured daily2 instruments

Little Red School HouseWLLI2

At a school/4.3 mi away/719 ft/28 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Chicago, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.4 mi from Indian Head Park, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,900 ft, broken at 5,500 ft; the ceiling is 5,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Chicago, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,900 feet, broken cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, the ceiling at 5,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MDWFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHICAGOSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 5,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,900 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEChicago, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MDWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MDW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 37.0 F, 63 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Chicago: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.0, 63 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MDWFIG. B THE AIR AT CHICAGOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,900 FTTEMPERATURE 49.0 FDEW POINT 37.0 FSPREAD 12.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 63 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, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MDWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MDW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 41 mph.

Plan of the wind at Chicago, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MDWFIG. C THE WIND AT CHICAGOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEChicago, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MDWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MDW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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