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Villa Park, Illinois

Village in DuPage County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Villa Park

Index 10, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, South and West Suburbs (Chicago) (IL), 15 miles off.

10Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good-
  • Ozone9Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)4Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Villa Park

0.75 in in the last 24 hours, 1.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.75in
Last 3 days
1.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Villa Park, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 12 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Villa Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Villa Park 1.0 NWIL-DP-85

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/722 ft/24 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Glen Ellyn 4SGLEI2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.8 mi away/679 ft/19 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank936of 1,393

Station report

The weather at Chicago OHare, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.6 mi from Villa Park, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:23 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,800 ft; the ceiling is 2,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Chicago OHare, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, the ceiling at 2,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ORDFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHICAGO OHARESECTION, 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 2,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEChicago OHare, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ORDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ORD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 44.0 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 2,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Chicago OHare: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 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 2,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ORDFIG. B THE AIR AT CHICAGO OHARETHE 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 42.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,800 FTTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 44.0 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 OHare, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ORDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ORD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 29 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Chicago OHare, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 29; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ORDFIG. C THE WIND AT CHICAGO OHAREPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 29 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEChicago OHare, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ORDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ORD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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