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Wonder Lake, Illinois

Village in McHenry County, Illinois

Air quality

The air at Wonder Lake

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, North and West Suburbs (Chicago) (IL), 14 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good12.8 mi
  • Ozone19Good17 ppb12.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)4Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Wonder Lake

0.50 in in the last 24 hours, 0.65 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.50in
Last 3 days
0.65in

Visibility

How far you can see at Wonder Lake, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Wonder Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

WaukeganUGN

At an airfield/25.9 mi away/709 ft/146 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank25of 1,393

measured daily2 instruments

Wonder Lake 1.3 NEIL-MCH-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/879 ft/24 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Waukegan, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 25.9 mi from Wonder Lake, Illinois. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,700 ft; the ceiling is 2,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

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

52.0 F with a dew point of 45.0 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Waukegan: temperature 52.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.0, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,700 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,700 FTTEMPERATURE 52.0 FDEW POINT 45.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Waukegan, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle 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 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 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), 7.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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Near Wonder Lake

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