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North Chicago, Illinois

City in Lake County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at North Chicago

Index 10, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lake County (IL), 7 miles off.

10Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good12.7 mi
  • Ozone9Good5 ppb10.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-12.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at North Chicago

0.31 in in the last 24 hours, 0.53 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.31in
Last 3 days
0.53in

Visibility

How far you can see at North Chicago, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 11 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest North Chicago, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

WaukeganUGN

At an airfield/7.4 mi away/709 ft/55 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank25of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Waukegan 1.7 SIL-LK-32

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/696 ft/42 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Lake Zurich (Hydro)LKZI2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.9 mi away/807 ft/153 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Waukegan, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.4 mi from North Chicago, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:04 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,400 ft, broken at 2,300 ft, overcast at 3,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Waukegan, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UGNFIG. A THE SKY OVER WAUKEGANSECTION, 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 SKYBKN 2,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,400 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWaukegan, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS UGNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UGN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 54.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Waukegan: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 54.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UGNFIG. B THE AIR AT WAUKEGANTHE 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE 57.0 FDEW POINT 54.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEWaukegan, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS UGNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UGN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (270 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Waukegan, north up: blowing from 270 degrees, the west, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UGNFIG. C THE WIND AT WAUKEGANPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 270°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWaukegan, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS UGNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UGN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Waukegan, 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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Near North Chicago

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