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Chicago, IL  (CHII2)  Harrison-Dever Crib, approx. 2.75 miles offshore

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Conditions at 10:50 am CDT on 04/28/2024 (DOY 119 15:50 GMT)
(Updated every 15 minutes)
Wind Speed:   6.2 kts   (3.2 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:   6.8 kts   (3.5 m/s)
Wind Direction:   4° (N)
Air Temperature:   53.4 °F   (11.9 °C)
Dew Point:   53.9 °F   (12.2 °C)
Relative Humidity:   101.7 %
Data & Plots of Previous 3 Hours (2 minute increments)
Data & Plots of Previous 5 Days (hourly increments)
         1 Day Windrose Plot, 5 Day Windrose Plot, (explanation)         
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[Live Webcam Image from Chicago, IL Met Station Camera 1]

[Live Webcam Image from Chicago, IL Met Station Camera 2]

[Live Webcam Image from Chicago, IL Met Station Camera 3]

18-hr animations: 1  2  3
Previous 48 images (top of hour only): 1  2  3
All Images (past 10 days)

Nearby Webcams (external sites):
Webcams of Chicago courtesy of WXYZ Webcams
Loop and Lake Michigan courtesy of ABC News

---------- Previous 18 Hours (at top of hour)  [English] [Metric] ----------
YEARDOY CDT Wind
Spd
kts 		Wind
Gust
kts 		Peak
Wind
kts 		Wind
Dir
deg 		Air
Tmp
F 		Dew
Pt
F 		Rel
Hum
%
20241191000 7.0 7.8 11.3 339 55.9 56.4 101.7
20241190900 4.9 5.1 11.9 109 58.1 58.6 101.7
20241190800 13.2 14.0 14.0 137 59.0 59.5 101.8
20241190700 20.6 21.2 23.1 137 60.6 61.1 101.7
20241190600 20.6 21.2 22.2 178 64.0 64.5 101.8
20241190500 12.6 14.2 22.6 180 63.3 63.8 101.7
20241190400 19.2 19.6 21.8 195 64.6 65.1 101.8
20241190300 27.8 29.2 31.1 194 65.1 65.6 101.8
20241190200 29.2 33.2 33.2 195 67.8 65.8 93.2
20241190100 27.6 31.9 33.8 205 69.8 66.5 89.1
20241190000 24.1 25.3 33.0 194 70.3 67.4 90.4
20241182300 26.0 28.0 28.0 206 71.6 67.8 87.6
20241182200 29.7 33.4 33.4 201 71.6 67.9 88.0
20241182100 31.7 33.8 34.8 196 72.9 66.9 81.3
20241182000 24.3 26.8 33.4 202 75.9 66.2 71.4
20241181900 25.9 29.2 35.2 198 76.6 68.2 74.9
20241181800 29.5 31.7 32.9 207 77.7 68.2 72.2
20241181700 28.8 31.7 34.6 203 75.0 67.8 77.8
Note: Peak wind is max wind gust during entire hour

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The NDBC station ID for this station is: CHII2
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