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Leland, Illinois

Village in LaSalle County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Leland

Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Aurora and Elgin (IL), 23 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Ozone14Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Leland

0.48 in in the last 24 hours, 0.56 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.48in
Last 3 days
0.56in

Visibility

How far you can see at Leland, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Leland, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

ShabbonaSBNI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/15.9 mi away/863 ft/168 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank558of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Leland 0.3 EIL-LS-32

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/696 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Earlville 3SERVI2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.5 mi away/692 ft/3 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank774of 1,393

Station report

The weather at Chicago/Aurora, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.6 mi from Leland, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,000 ft; the ceiling is 3,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Chicago/Aurora, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, the ceiling at 3,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ARRFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHICAGO/AURORASECTION, 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 3,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEChicago/Aurora, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ARRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ARR-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 3,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Chicago/Aurora: 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 3,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ARRFIG. B THE AIR AT CHICAGO/AURORATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,000 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 POINTTITLEChicago/Aurora, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ARRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ARR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Chicago/Aurora, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ARRFIG. C THE WIND AT CHICAGO/AURORAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEChicago/Aurora, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ARRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ARR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Earlville 3S (ERVI2), 7.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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Near Leland

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