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Tower Lakes, Illinois Weather

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Tower Lakes weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Tower Lakes, IL
Wednesday, June 3 at 10:25 PM
80
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
74°
Humidity
21%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
5:17 AM
Sunset
8:23 PM
Tower Lakes, IL
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastTower Lakes, IL: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 58 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 58°H 86°
Tower Lakes, IL
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Overcast
    82°49°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    86°58°+4°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Showers
    79%
    0.11″
    77°67°-9°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Light Drizzle
    61%
    81°61°+4°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Foggy
    77°57°-4°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    20%
    81°61°+4°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Drizzle
    22%
    0.02″
    77°68°-4°
Tower Lakes, IL
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ESE
105° · veering 31°
Direction
ESE
105°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
11
mph
Peak 24h
13
avg 5
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 5 · pk 13 @ 7:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 1912SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 31° from the ese.
Tower Lakes, IL
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
995.9
-1.0 mb in 3h · falling · 29.41 inHg
Now
995.9
mb
3h
-1.0
mb
12h
-6.2
mb
24h
-4.0
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 9941000
9859909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW999.8993.6993.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Tower Lakes, IL
Air quality
45
AQI
Moderate
+13 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 86 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. AQI up 13 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). Levels should ease through evening.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
8.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
7μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
129μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
2.1

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 86 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 86
UV peak
1.8 at earlier today
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 86

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.9 µg/m³, PM10 at 9.8 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.91
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Tower Lakes, IL
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
39%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
163.5mi
UNLIMITED
163 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
22:25 UTC ·Tower Lakes, IL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
22:25 UTC ·Tower Lakes, IL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Tower Lakes, IL
Satellite · infrared · animated
Tower Lakes, IL
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Tower Lakes, IL
Almanac · Wednesday, June 3
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
9:45 AM
Sunrise
5:17 AM
Daylight
15h 06m
Sunset
8:23 PM
Civil dusk
1:58 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Tower Lakes, IL
The moon
Waning Gibbous
89% illuminated
Moonrise
3:53 AM
Moonset
12:42 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Tower Lakes, IL
Microseason
Jun 1–5

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Tower Lakes at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 7°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 29 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 3, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Tower Lakes

SPC has placed Tower Lakes in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms day after tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
  • DAY 3MRGLMarginal Risk

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Tower Lakes

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.