Storm Station
Preston Heights, Illinois
53°
Mostly clear· Feels like 53°·Light air 2 mph ENE
Patchy fog before 9am. Mostly sunny. High near 72, with temperatures falling to around 69 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
89%Humidity
37%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Preston Heights, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

JolietJOLI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/1.6 mi away/531 ft/99 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank268of 417

JolietJOT

At an airfield/5.3 mi away/581 ft/49 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank281of 417

measured daily2 instruments

Joliet Brandon Rd DamJOLI2

At a dam/1.3 mi away/541 ft/89 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Joliet 1.0 SEIL-WL-107

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/645 ft/15 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Joliet, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.3 mi from Preston Heights. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 6:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Joliet, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JOTFIG. A THE SKY OVER JOLIETSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEJoliet, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JOTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-JOT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

47.3 F with a dew point of 47.3 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Joliet: temperature 47.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.3, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JOTFIG. B THE AIR AT JOLIETTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 47.3 F, 47.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEJoliet, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JOTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-JOT-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 Joliet, 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 JOTFIG. C THE WIND AT JOLIETPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEJoliet, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JOTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-JOT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Illinois

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

Near Preston Heights

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