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

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Conditions at 3:50 am CDT on 04/17/2026 (DOY 107 08:50 GMT)
(Updated every 15 minutes)
Wind Speed:   4.9 kts   (2.5 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:   6.0 kts   (3.1 m/s)
Wind Direction:   146° (SE)
Air Temperature:   43.5 °F   (6.4 °C)
Dew Point:   43.6 °F   (6.5 °C)
Relative Humidity:   100.4 %
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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(images updated every 30 minutes)

[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
%
20261070300 4.9 6.0 7.2 149 44.2 44.3 100.4
20261070200 1.9 2.7 6.4 148 44.2 44.3 100.4
20261070100 1.9 2.1 2.9 059 44.1 44.2 100.4
20261070000 1.6 1.9 3.5 006 44.2 44.3 100.4
20261062300 3.1 3.7 4.1 027 44.6 44.7 100.4
20261062200 1.4 1.7 3.7 356 44.6 44.7 100.4
20261062100 2.9 3.3 5.6 023 45.0 45.1 100.4
20261062000 4.1 4.5 5.8 017 45.3 45.4 100.4
20261061900 9.9 10.1 10.9 017 47.1 47.2 100.4
20261061800 8.2 8.6 12.2 355 48.7 48.8 100.4
20261061700 10.7 11.5 13.6 002 52.3 51.4 96.7
20261061600 2.1 2.7 9.1 069 60.1 57.9 92.3
20261061500 4.3 5.2 5.6 154 59.7 57.2 91.4
20261061400 13.0 14.0 14.0 044 62.6 59.1 88.1
20261061300 10.5 13.2 20.6 242 68.2 59.0 72.1
20261061200 17.1 19.1 22.0 252 66.7 60.1 79.0
20261061100 12.1 14.6 22.9 233 66.2 59.4 78.4
20261061000 14.6 16.1 24.3 235 65.1 59.4 81.4
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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