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Pistakee Highlands, Illinois

Community in McHenry County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Pistakee Highlands

Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lake County (IL), 12 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good12.5 mi
  • Ozone9Good11 ppb12.5 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Pistakee Highlands

0.74 in in the last 24 hours, 0.93 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.74in
Last 3 days
0.93in

Visibility

How far you can see at Pistakee Highlands, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Thu 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Pistakee Highlands, 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 now4 instruments

WaukeganUGN

At an airfield/18.0 mi away/709 ft/62 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank25of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Pistakee Highlands 0.4 SWIL-MCH-34

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/797 ft/26 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Waukegan, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.0 mi from Pistakee Highlands, Illinois. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:51 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,200 ft, overcast at 1,800 ft; the ceiling is 1,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Waukegan, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, the ceiling at 1,200 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,200 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

59.0 F with a dew point of 57.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Waukegan: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,200 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 59.0 F, 57.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 (260 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Waukegan, north up: blowing from 260 degrees, the west, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate 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 260°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR 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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at McHenry Stratton Lock/Dam (MCHI2), 6.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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Near Pistakee Highlands

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Near Pistakee Highlands

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