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

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Conditions at 1:50 am CDT on 10/03/2023 (DOY 276 06:50 GMT)
(Updated every 15 minutes)
Wind Speed:   11.3 kts   (5.8 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:   11.7 kts   (6.0 m/s)
Wind Direction:   192° (SSW)
Air Temperature:   73.2 °F   (22.9 °C)
Dew Point:   61.5 °F   (16.4 °C)
Relative Humidity:   66.2 %
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
Loyola University Lake Shore Campus
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
%
20232760100 8.0 8.4 11.7 180 72.7 62.4 69.7
20232760000 5.4 5.6 8.6 180 69.3 65.8 88.5
20232752300 5.6 6.4 6.6 178 69.8 66.9 90.4
20232752200 4.7 5.2 6.4 169 70.0 67.6 92.1
20232752100 5.2 7.0 7.0 163 70.5 67.2 89.0
20232752000 7.2 8.0 9.3 145 71.1 67.6 88.6
20232751900 14.4 14.8 16.1 102 73.4 65.3 75.5
20232751800 13.2 13.6 16.7 095 72.9 66.1 79.0
20232751700 15.4 15.6 15.6 095 75.2 63.9 67.4
20232751600 14.6 15.0 15.9 096 76.1 62.0 61.1
20232751500 14.0 14.2 15.2 103 76.5 62.4 61.2
20232751400 12.4 12.4 15.2 112 74.7 62.9 66.2
20232751300 12.2 12.2 13.4 119 74.8 63.1 66.3
20232751200 9.5 9.7 13.0 112 73.8 64.1 71.3
20232751100 4.7 5.4 9.5 149 71.6 64.4 77.8
20232751000 5.4 5.6 6.2 172 70.0 63.3 79.1
20232750900 6.4 6.8 6.8 181 68.5 62.5 80.8
20232750800 6.8 7.2 7.8 193 68.5 62.9 81.8
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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