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Ritchie, Illinois

Community in Will County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Ritchie

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Joliet and Will County (IL), 9 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good4.9 mi
  • Ozone10Good8 ppb4.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 50, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ritchie

0.17 in in the last 24 hours, 0.73 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.17in
Last 3 days
0.73in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ritchie, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ritchie, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

JolietJOT

At an airfield/18.3 mi away/581 ft/17 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank456of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Joliet, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.3 mi from Ritchie, Illinois. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,600 ft, broken at 2,200 ft, overcast at 4,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Joliet, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JOTFIG. A THE SKY OVER JOLIETSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,600 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEJoliet, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JOTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JOT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.0 F with a dew point of 57.4 F, 91 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Joliet: temperature 60.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.4, 91 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JOTFIG. B THE AIR AT JOLIETTHE 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 600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.0 F, 57.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 91 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 POINTTITLEJoliet, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JOTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JOT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 8 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Joliet, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 8 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JOTFIG. C THE WIND AT JOLIETPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEJoliet, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JOTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JOT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Bourbonnais 3NW (BOUI2), 10.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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Near Ritchie

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Near Ritchie

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