Citizen station EW4224EW4224
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/825 ft/39 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Kaneville until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Kaneville is 50° and overcast at 4 AM. With the wind it feels like 45°. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 12 mph, gusting to 24 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:11 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:02 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in Kaneville, Illinois.
Air quality
Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Aurora and Elgin (IL), 5 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
0.79 in in the last 24 hours, 1.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Kaneville, IllinoisReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 7 instruments nearest Kaneville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Citizen station EW4224EW4224
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/825 ft/39 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/5.0 mi away/705 ft/81 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mill Creek Near Batavia05551330
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.1 mi away/685 ft/101 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
US-34 @ Fox River BridgeSS1924
Beside a road/13.5 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Shabbona 5 NNE54811
At a climate reference station/16.7 mi away/861 ft/75 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Maple Park 3.1 SEIL-KN-119
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/829 ft/43 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Batavia (Hydro)BATI2
At a cooperative observer's station/10.2 mi away/712 ft/74 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 5.0 mi from Kaneville, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:50 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Broken at 2,800 ft, overcast at 3,300 ft; the ceiling is 2,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
51.8 F with a dew point of 46.4 F, 82 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 2,800 ft.
From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.
The full report of Chicago/Aurora, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Batavia (Hydro) (BATI2), 10.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.