Storm Station
Ritchie, Illinois
49° 72°/46°
Clear· Feels like 49°·Light air 3 mph E
Patchy fog. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. East northeast wind around 0 mph.
0UV Low
-Air quality
89%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
49feels49
now, clear
Today
Sep 27
7246
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
7348
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
7655
overcast
Wed
Sep 30
8164
33%
16mph
overcast
Thu
Oct 1
7460
65%
14mph
showers
Fri
Oct 2
6550
42%
overcast
Sat
Oct 3
6846
25%
overcast
49°
72°46°
73°48°
76°55°
81°64°
74°60°
65°50°
68°46°

As of 4:00 AM in Ritchie, Illinois.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Ritchie, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Midewin Tallgrass PrairieWMGI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.9 mi away/561 ft/3 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank38of 417

JolietJOT

At an airfield/18.3 mi away/581 ft/17 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank281of 417

measured daily2 instruments

Wilmington 2.6 SEIL-WL-73

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/572 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Bourbonnais 3NWBOUI2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.7 mi away/659 ft/95 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Joliet, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.3 mi from Ritchie. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Sky obscured at 700 ft; the ceiling is 700 ft; visibility 1.5 mi.

Section of the sky over Joliet, height above the station to scale: sky obscured cloud with its base at 700 feet, the ceiling at 700 feet, and visibility of 1.5 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 SHEETVV 700 FTSKY OBSCURED, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1.5 MI0510TITLEJoliet, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JOTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-JOT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.6 F with a dew point of 48.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 700 ft.

Chart of the air at Joliet: temperature 48.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 700 feet; 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 GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, VV 700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 48.6 F, 48.6 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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Bourbonnais 3NW (BOUI2), 10.7 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 Ritchie

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