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

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Conditions at 11:40 pm CDT on 10/29/2025 (DOY 303 04:40 GMT)
(Updated every 15 minutes)
Wind Speed:   18.9 kts   (9.7 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:   20.6 kts   (10.6 m/s)
Wind Direction:   49° (NE)
Air Temperature:   53.6 °F   (12.0 °C)
Dew Point:   41.7 °F   (5.4 °C)
Relative Humidity:   63.6 %
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
%
20253022300 19.1 21.0 23.1 053 54.0 41.1 61.5
20253022200 19.2 20.8 23.7 050 54.9 40.4 57.8
20253022100 20.0 22.0 25.1 043 55.2 43.9 65.3
20253022000 21.6 24.5 26.4 030 55.4 43.7 64.5
20253021900 22.4 26.4 27.2 031 55.0 44.0 65.9
20253021800 24.5 26.2 29.0 027 55.4 41.0 58.1
20253021700 22.2 25.5 27.8 037 55.6 42.4 60.8
20253021600 22.9 24.7 28.2 040 54.9 42.3 62.3
20253021500 23.9 25.5 27.6 039 54.0 42.0 63.5
20253021400 23.7 26.2 30.3 045 52.3 41.6 66.6
20253021300 22.6 26.4 28.0 046 51.8 42.1 69.1
20253021200 22.6 25.5 26.8 049 52.0 42.5 69.7
20253021100 23.7 26.2 28.6 061 51.6 40.1 64.4
20253021000 23.1 26.2 29.0 063 51.6 41.6 68.3
20253020900 24.9 27.8 27.8 078 51.1 41.6 69.8
20253020800 22.6 24.9 29.2 079 50.9 43.2 74.5
20253020700 25.5 27.6 29.0 083 50.7 42.1 71.9
20253020600 26.0 29.0 29.5 081 50.7 41.9 71.5
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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