Storm Station
Winfield, Illinois
49°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 49°·Light air 3 mph ENE
Patchy fog. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Northeast wind around 0 mph.
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-Air quality
89%Humidity
46%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Winfield, 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

Chicago/DupageDPA

At an airfield/5.5 mi away/758 ft/4 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank17of 417

Elmhurst QuarryEMQI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.7 mi away/676 ft/86 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank112of 417

Rakow @ Pyott RdIMC03

Beside a road/24.7 mi away/895 ft/133 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank410of 417

Shabbona 5 NNE54811

At a climate reference station/36.1 mi away/861 ft/99 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Winfield 0.7 NEIL-DP-191

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/775 ft/13 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Glen Ellyn 4SGLEI2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.9 mi away/679 ft/83 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Chicago/Dupage, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.5 mi from Winfield. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Chicago/Dupage, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DPAFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHICAGO/DUPAGESECTION, 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: 8 MI0510TITLEChicago/Dupage, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DPATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-DPA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

45.0 F with a dew point of 44.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Chicago/Dupage: temperature 45.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 96 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DPAFIG. B THE AIR AT CHICAGO/DUPAGETHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.8 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 45.0 F, 44.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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/Dupage, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DPATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-DPA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Chicago/Dupage, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DPAFIG. C THE WIND AT CHICAGO/DUPAGEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEChicago/Dupage, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DPATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-DPA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Chicago/Dupage, 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 Winfield

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