Storm Station
Dolton, Illinois
54°
Mostly clear· Feels like 54°·Light air 2 mph ENE
Patchy fog before 9am. Mostly sunny. High near 69, with temperatures falling to around 65 in the afternoon. North northeast wind 0 to 5 mph, with gusts as high as 10 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
88%Humidity
33%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Dolton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

O Brien Lock And DamOBII2

At a dam/2.4 mi away/594 ft/14 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank93of 417

Chicago/LansingIGQ

At an airfield/7.2 mi away/617 ft/9 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank316of 417

measured daily2 instruments

Blue Island 0.5 EIL-CK-44

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/607 ft/1 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Lansing 2SLNSI2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/614 ft/6 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Chicago/Lansing, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.2 mi from Dolton. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 300 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 1/4 mi.

Section of the sky over Chicago/Lansing, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 300 feet, the ceiling at 300 feet, and visibility of 1/4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IGQFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHICAGO/LANSINGSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/4 MI0510TITLEChicago/Lansing, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IGQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IGQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

43.7 F with a dew point of 43.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 300 ft.

Chart of the air at Chicago/Lansing: temperature 43.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IGQFIG. B THE AIR AT CHICAGO/LANSINGTHE 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 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 43.7 F, 43.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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/Lansing, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IGQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IGQ-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 Chicago/Lansing, 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 IGQFIG. C THE WIND AT CHICAGO/LANSINGPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEChicago/Lansing, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IGQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IGQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Lansing 2S (LNSI2), 6.5 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

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

Near Dolton

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