In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/790 ft/2 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Now. Round Lake Heights is 56° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 53°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west at 11 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 47° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:09 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:58 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 4 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Round Lake Heights, Illinois.
Air quality
Index 10, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lake County (IL), 7 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 25, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.54 in in the last 24 hours, 0.71 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 12 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Round Lake Heights, IllinoisReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Round Lake Heights, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/790 ft/2 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Nippersink Creek Near Spring Grove05548280
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.5 mi away/746 ft/46 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Miller Road BridgeIMC04
Beside a road/9.0 mi away/735 ft/57 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
WaukeganUGN
At an airfield/12.3 mi away/709 ft/83 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lake Villa 1.1 SSWIL-LK-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/787 ft/5 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
McHenry Stratton Lock/DamMCHI2
At a dam/9.5 mi away/735 ft/57 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 12.3 mi from Round Lake Heights, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:04 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
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.
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.
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.
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
Measured at McHenry Stratton Lock/Dam (MCHI2), 9.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.