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North Riverside, Illinois

Village in Cook County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at North Riverside

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Chicago (IL), 8 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 33, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at North Riverside

0.39 in in the last 24 hours, 0.69 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.39in
Last 3 days
0.69in

Visibility

How far you can see at North Riverside, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Fri 11 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest North Riverside, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ChicagoMDW

At an airfield/5.8 mi away/617 ft/3 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

North Riverside 1.5 WIL-CK-38

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/630 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Chicago, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.8 mi from North Riverside, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:33 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,700 ft, overcast at 3,100 ft; the ceiling is 3,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Chicago, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,100 feet, the ceiling at 3,100 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,100 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

54.0 F with a dew point of 45.0 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Chicago: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.0, 71 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,700 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,700 FTTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 45.0 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 71 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 (290 degrees) at 17 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Chicago, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 17 miles an hour; 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 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG 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

Measured at Chicago Midway AP 3SW (MDWI2), 8.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:58. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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

Near North Riverside

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

Near North Riverside

River and lake gauges