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

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Conditions at 6:22 pm CDT on 04/14/2025 (DOY 104 23:22 GMT)
(Updated every 15 minutes)
Wind Speed:   37.5 kts   (19.3 m/s)   GALE
Max Wind Speed:   43.9 kts   (22.6 m/s)   GALE
Wind Direction:   272° (W)
Air Temperature:   61.0 °F   (16.1 °C)
Dew Point:   32.7 °F   (0.4 °C)
Relative Humidity:   34.1 %
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
%
20251041800 32.9 38.5 46.1 274 61.5 34.3 35.6
20251041700 31.1 36.2 46.7 261 62.4 33.4 33.3
20251041600 30.7 35.2 47.4 277 61.3 36.5 39.1
20251041500 26.4 29.9 42.4 276 60.6 36.2 39.8
20251041400 28.4 31.7 40.6 284 60.1 33.9 37.0
20251041300 23.7 29.0 38.7 278 59.5 36.9 42.4
20251041200 22.7 27.0 36.9 272 59.4 36.5 42.1
20251041100 27.0 30.3 37.1 277 59.9 38.0 43.7
20251041000 29.7 34.4 38.5 265 59.4 41.2 50.6
20251040900 20.4 26.2 36.0 277 59.2 42.2 53.0
20251040800 16.9 18.3 30.1 275 60.1 43.9 54.7
20251040700 19.1 22.0 22.9 288 59.9 44.4 56.1
20251040600 24.3 26.2 26.4 281 59.4 47.9 65.5
20251040500 22.2 23.7 28.2 267 61.0 49.2 64.9
20251040400 14.6 18.7 29.0 250 61.7 50.4 66.1
20251040300 14.0 15.0 20.4 188 58.5 44.3 58.9
20251040200 11.1 11.7 14.2 150 49.8 42.6 76.0
20251040100 8.4 8.7 11.3 122 48.0 43.3 83.4
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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