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Des Plaines Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Des Plaines

Illinois, United States Of America

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Tue 16
Dec		00:00

SSW
SSW

 1 / 2 mph 20 / 20°F 93% 1020 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
2%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
03:00

S
S

 3 / 7 mph 19 / 14°F 93% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
2%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
06:00

S
S

 6 / 13 mph 20 / 11°F 89% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 10%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
9%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
09:00

SSW
SSW

 9 / 15 mph 24 / 15°F 79% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
12:00

SSW
SSW

 11 / 15 mph 33 / 25°F 78% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 3%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
2%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
15:00

SSW
SSW

 13 / 16 mph 37 / 29°F 82% 1010 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
18:00

SW
SW

 14 / 17 mph 37 / 28°F 86% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 8%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
8%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
21:00

SW
SW

 14 / 23 mph 35 / 26°F 86% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 5%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 51%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
39%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
Wed 17
Dec		21:00

S
S

 10 / 17 mph 34 / 27°F 87% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 5%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 35%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
60%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.0 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Des Plaines:

For Des Plaines in the coming week the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 2°C, with a high for the week of 9°C expected on the afternoon of Thursday 18th. The mean minimum temperature will be -3°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Friday 19th at -7°C. The week will have mostly dry days although Thursday is likely to see a little rain or snow. The current forecast indicates Thursday 19th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 7.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

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Day

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Local Time

The wind direction we use on this page is the direction the wind is coming from, given in a 16 point compass format.
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Dir

This refers to the sustained average wind speed, normally averaged over a period of 10 minutes for up to 3 hrs.
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Speed/
Gust

Temperature from our forecast perspective are fairly well defined, they are what we would expect to measure in a standard meteorological screen (in other words, shaded and well ventilated) at 2 metres above ground level.
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Temp/
Feels Like

The relative humidity is the percent of saturation humidity, generally calculated in relation to saturated vapour density.
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Humidity

The value given is a total predicted for the previous 3 hrs and includes the time of the forecast being looked at.
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Precip Amount

The total amount of cloud as a percentage is derived from looking at cloud cover throughout the atmosphere and estimating how these combine when looked at from the ground.
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Cloud Amount

Here we try to capture the feel of the weather as an image – it will never be perfect but is useful for a quick overview.
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Weather

When we measure for forecast air pressure we are normally doing this relative to a certain height and most commonly relative to Mean Sea Level.
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Pressure