Storm Station
Danforth, Illinois
49° 74°/46°
Clear· Feels like 48°·Light air 4 mph ENE
Patchy fog. Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. East northeast wind around 0 mph.
0UV Low
38Air quality
89%Humidity
4%Cloud
Now
3:15 AM
49feels48
now, clear
Today
Sep 27
7446
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
7647
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
7754
overcast
Wed
Sep 30
8462
36%
15mph
overcast
Thu
Oct 1
7463
61%
14mph
showers
Fri
Oct 2
6650
42%
14mph
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
6847
31%
overcast
49°
74°46°
76°47°
77°54°
84°62°
74°63°
66°50°
68°47°

As of 3:15 AM in Danforth, Illinois.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Danforth, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

KankakeeIKK

At an airfield/18.6 mi away/630 ft/25 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank286of 417

Midewin Tallgrass PrairieWMGI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/36.7 mi away/561 ft/94 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank38of 417

measured daily2 instruments

Gilman 0.3 NEIL-IR-28

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/654 ft/1 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Watseka Public WorksWATI2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.1 mi away/627 ft/28 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Kankakee, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.6 mi from Danforth. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 1/2 mi.

Section of the sky over Kankakee, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 1/2 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IKKFIG. A THE SKY OVER KANKAKEESECTION, 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 SHEETBKN 200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/2 MI0510TITLEKankakee, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IKKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IKK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.8 F with a dew point of 45.3 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Kankakee: temperature 46.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.3, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IKKFIG. B THE AIR AT KANKAKEETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 46.8 F, 45.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEKankakee, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IKKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IKK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Kankakee, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IKKFIG. C THE WIND AT KANKAKEEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKankakee, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IKKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IKK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Watseka Public Works (WATI2), 13.1 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Danforth

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.