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La Grange Park, Illinois

Village in Cook County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at La Grange Park

Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, South and West Suburbs (Chicago) (IL), 9 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone9Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at La Grange Park

0.43 in in the last 24 hours, 0.73 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.43in
Last 3 days
0.73in

Visibility

How far you can see at La Grange Park, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 1 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest La Grange Park, 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 now4 instruments

WestchesterWBRI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/1.2 mi away/651 ft/25 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank898of 1,393

ChicagoMDW

At an airfield/6.8 mi away/617 ft/9 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

La Grange Park 0.5 SWIL-CK-21

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/653 ft/27 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Westmont (Hydro)WJWI2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/741 ft/115 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Chicago, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.8 mi from La Grange Park, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,300 ft; the ceiling is 2,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Chicago, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, the ceiling at 2,300 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEChicago, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MDWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MDW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 49.0 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Chicago: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,300 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 56.0 FDEW POINT 49.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MDW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 25 mph, gusting 38 mph: force 6, a strong breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Chicago, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 25 miles an hour, gusting 38; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 6, strong 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 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25NOW, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE32GUST, 38 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEChicago, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MDWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-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

Elsewhere in Illinois

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

Near La Grange Park

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near La Grange Park

River and lake gauges