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24-hour high temperatures
Observed data reported by NWS, FAA and cooperative weather observers
 
925 AM CDT Tue Oct 6 2026

Automated and Cooperative Observer Reports
Values represent high and low temperatures
for the 24-hour period ending around 7 am.

          Location               High   Low  

...NORTHERN ILLINOIS...
Aurora                            71     46  
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt           71     40  
Barrington                        65     48  
Batavia                           71     42  
Chicago Midway Arpt               68     49  
Chicago O'Hare Arpt               68     47  
Coal City 4NNW                    74     44  
DeKalb Municipal Arpt             70     44  
DeKalb Northern IL Univ           70     47  
Elgin                             70     44  
Elizabeth                         72     41  
Freeport                          72     42  
Freeport/Albertus Arpt            71     42  
Gladstone L&D 18                  78     48  
Greater Kankakee Arpt             71     44  
Illinois City L&D 16              72     41  
Joliet Rgl Arpt                   71     42  
Kewanee                           74     42  
Lansing Municipal Arpt            67     42  
Lisle Morton Arboretum            73     41  
Marseilles                        74     41  
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt           74     43  
Morris                            73     48  
Mount Carroll                     72     42  
New Boston L&D 17                 76     45  
Ottawa                            71     46  
Rochelle Municipal Arpt           70     39  
Romeoville/NWS Chicago            70     44  
Savanna/Tri-Township Arpt         72     43  
Schaumburg Rgl Arpt               70     47  
Sterling/Rock Falls Arpt          75     42  
Stockton                          71     42  
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                 63     43  
West Chicago/DuPage Arpt          69     43  
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt        66     45  

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                             75     44  
Avon                              74     43  
Bentley                           74     45  
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt     74     47  
Champaign 3S                      74     46  
Champaign/Willard Arpt            73     44  
Coles County Arpt                 74     43  
Decatur Arpt                      73     41  
Edgar County Arpt                 72     41  
Galesburg Municipal Arpt          73     41  
Galesburg Water Plant             74     45  
Jacksonville 2E                   75     42  
Jacksonville Municipal Arpt       74     41  
Jerseyville 2 SW                         44  
Knoxville                         74     46  
La Harpe                          75     44  
Lacon/Marshall Co Arpt            72     43  
Lincoln NWS                       74     40  
Macomb Municipal Arpt             75     40  
Minonk                            75     48  
Monmouth 4NW                      76     46  
Morrisonville                     78     46  
Normal 4NE                        72     42  
Ogden                             75     45  
Pana                              76     47  
Paris                             79     44  
Peoria Intl Arpt                  72     45  
Pittsfield/Penstone Arpt          76     43  
Pontiac Municipal Arpt            73     41  
Quincy L&D 21                     77     49  
Quincy Rgl Arpt                   74     47  
Rantoul Aviation Center           72     45  
Shelbyville Dam                   74     48  
Springfield/Capital Arpt          74     42  
Tuscola                           75     44  
Windsor                           78     45  

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D               78     49  
Anna                              75     47  
Cahokia/Parks Arpt                77     42  
Carbondale                        77     45  
Casey                             77     40  
Crawford County Arpt              76     40  
Effingham Co Arpt                 75     44  
Fairfield                         76     47  
Fairfield Municipal Arpt          77     48  
Grand Chain Dam                   77     49  
Harrisburg Arpt                   77     44  
Kaskaskia L&D                     79     42  
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt      75     45  
Millstadt                         76     47  
Mt Carmel Municipal Arpt          76     44  
Mt Vernon                         77     43  
Olney/Noble Arpt                  76     46  
Salem                             77     47  
Salem/Leckrone Arpt               77     44  
Smithland Dam                     78     48  
Sparta Community Arpt             78     43  

$$

Preliminary data based on the Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis
(RTMA)


 

24-hour low temperatures

Observed data from NWS, FAA, and cooperative weather observers

 

925 AM CDT Tue Oct 6 2026

Automated and Cooperative Observer Reports
Values represent high and low temperatures
for the 24-hour period ending around 7 am.

          Location               High   Low  

...NORTHERN ILLINOIS...
Aurora                            71     46  
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt           71     40  
Barrington                        65     48  
Batavia                           71     42  
Chicago Midway Arpt               68     49  
Chicago O'Hare Arpt               68     47  
Coal City 4NNW                    74     44  
DeKalb Municipal Arpt             70     44  
DeKalb Northern IL Univ           70     47  
Elgin                             70     44  
Elizabeth                         72     41  
Freeport                          72     42  
Freeport/Albertus Arpt            71     42  
Gladstone L&D 18                  78     48  
Greater Kankakee Arpt             71     44  
Illinois City L&D 16              72     41  
Joliet Rgl Arpt                   71     42  
Kewanee                           74     42  
Lansing Municipal Arpt            67     42  
Lisle Morton Arboretum            73     41  
Marseilles                        74     41  
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt           74     43  
Morris                            73     48  
Mount Carroll                     72     42  
New Boston L&D 17                 76     45  
Ottawa                            71     46  
Rochelle Municipal Arpt           70     39  
Romeoville/NWS Chicago            70     44  
Savanna/Tri-Township Arpt         72     43  
Schaumburg Rgl Arpt               70     47  
Sterling/Rock Falls Arpt          75     42  
Stockton                          71     42  
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                 63     43  
West Chicago/DuPage Arpt          69     43  
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt        66     45  

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                             75     44  
Avon                              74     43  
Bentley                           74     45  
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt     74     47  
Champaign 3S                      74     46  
Champaign/Willard Arpt            73     44  
Coles County Arpt                 74     43  
Decatur Arpt                      73     41  
Edgar County Arpt                 72     41  
Galesburg Municipal Arpt          73     41  
Galesburg Water Plant             74     45  
Jacksonville 2E                   75     42  
Jacksonville Municipal Arpt       74     41  
Jerseyville 2 SW                         44  
Knoxville                         74     46  
La Harpe                          75     44  
Lacon/Marshall Co Arpt            72     43  
Lincoln NWS                       74     40  
Macomb Municipal Arpt             75     40  
Minonk                            75     48  
Monmouth 4NW                      76     46  
Morrisonville                     78     46  
Normal 4NE                        72     42  
Ogden                             75     45  
Pana                              76     47  
Paris                             79     44  
Peoria Intl Arpt                  72     45  
Pittsfield/Penstone Arpt          76     43  
Pontiac Municipal Arpt            73     41  
Quincy L&D 21                     77     49  
Quincy Rgl Arpt                   74     47  
Rantoul Aviation Center           72     45  
Shelbyville Dam                   74     48  
Springfield/Capital Arpt          74     42  
Tuscola                           75     44  
Windsor                           78     45  

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D               78     49  
Anna                              75     47  
Cahokia/Parks Arpt                77     42  
Carbondale                        77     45  
Casey                             77     40  
Crawford County Arpt              76     40  
Effingham Co Arpt                 75     44  
Fairfield                         76     47  
Fairfield Municipal Arpt          77     48  
Grand Chain Dam                   77     49  
Harrisburg Arpt                   77     44  
Kaskaskia L&D                     79     42  
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt      75     45  
Millstadt                         76     47  
Mt Carmel Municipal Arpt          76     44  
Mt Vernon                         77     43  
Olney/Noble Arpt                  76     46  
Salem                             77     47  
Salem/Leckrone Arpt               77     44  
Smithland Dam                     78     48  
Sparta Community Arpt             78     43  

$$

               

Preliminary data based on the Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis
(RTMA)


 

24-hour precipitation

 

CoCoRaHS Observations:
Enlarge image, go to CoCoRaHS Page

CoCoRaHS Observations

Observations from NWS, FAA and cooperative weather observers

920 AM CDT Tue Oct 6 2026

Automated and Cooperative Observer Reports
Values represent precipitation and snowfall
for the 24-hour period ending around 7 am.

          Location               Pcpn   Snow   Depth  

...NORTHERN ILLINOIS...
Aurora                           0.00                 
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt          0.00                 
Barrington                       0.00                 
Batavia                          0.00    0.0     0    
Bourbonnais                      0.00    0.0     0    
Chicago Midway Arpt              0.00                 
Chicago O'Hare Arpt              0.00                 
Coal City 4NNW                   0.00    0.0     0    
DeKalb Northern IL Univ          0.00    0.0     0    
Elgin                            0.00    0.0     0    
Elgin                            0.00    0.0     0    
Elizabeth                        0.00    0.0     0    
Freeport                         0.00                 
Gladstone L&D 18                 0.00    0.0     0    
Hebron                           0.00    0.0     0    
Illinois City L&D 16             0.00                 
Kewanee                          0.00    0.0     0    
Lisle Morton Arboretum           0.00    0.0     0    
Manhattan                        0.00    0.0     0    
Marseilles                       0.00                 
Mendota                          0.00                 
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt          0.00                 
Morris                           0.00    0.0     0    
Mount Carroll                    0.00                 
New Boston L&D 17                0.00                 
Ottawa                           0.00                 
Romeoville/NWS Chicago           0.00    0.0     0    
Steward                          0.00    0.0     0    
Stockton                         0.00    0.0     0    
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                0.00                 
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt       0.00                 
Willow Springs                   0.00                 
Woodstock 5NW                    0.00                 

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                            0.00    0.0     0    
Athens 4SW                       0.00                 
Avon                             0.00    0.0     0    
Bentley                          0.00                 
Bloomington Waterworks           0.00    0.0     0    
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt    0.00                 
Champaign 3S                     0.00    0.0     0    
Champaign/Willard Arpt           0.00                 
Coles County Arpt                0.00                 
Decatur Arpt                     0.00                 
Galesburg Water Plant            0.00                 
Jacksonville 2E                  0.00    0.0     0    
Jerseyville 2 SW                 0.00    0.0     0    
Knoxville                        0.00    0.0     0    
La Harpe                         0.00                 
Lake Springfield                 0.00                 
Lincoln NWS                      0.00    0.0     0    
Lovington                        0.00                 
Macomb                           0.00    0.0     0    
Mattoon                          0.00    0.0     0    
Minonk                           0.00    0.0     0    
Monmouth 4NW                     0.00                 
Morrisonville                    0.00                 
Morton                           0.00    0.0     0    
Mount Olive 1 E                  0.00                 
Mount Pulaski                    0.00    0.0     0    
Moweaqua 2S                      0.00                 
Normal 4NE                       0.00    0.0     0    
Ogden                            0.00    0.0     0    
Pana                             0.00                 
Paris                            0.00    0.0     0    
Peoria 5NW                       0.00    0.0     0    
Peoria Intl Arpt                 0.00                 
Philo                            0.00    0.0     0    
Quincy L&D 21                    0.00    0.0     0    
Quincy Rgl Arpt                  0.00                 
Rantoul                          0.00                 
Shelbyville Dam                  0.00    0.0     0    
Sherman                          0.00                 
Springfield/Capital Arpt         0.00                 
Tuscola                          0.00    0.0     0    
Windsor                          0.00    0.0     0    
Yates City                       0.00                 

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D              0.00                 
Anna                             0.00                 
Beecher City                     0.00    0.0     0    
Cahokia/Parks Arpt               0.00                 
Carbondale                       0.00    0.0     0    
Casey                            0.00    0.0     0    
Edwardsville 2 W                 0.00                 
Fairfield                        0.00    0.0     0    
Grand Chain Dam                  0.00                 
Highland                         0.00    0.0     0    
Hutsonville                      0.00    0.0     0    
Kaskaskia L&D                    0.00                 
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt     0.00                 
Millstadt                        0.00                 
Mt Vernon                        0.00                 
Neoga                            0.00    0.0     0    
Salem                            0.00                 
Smithland Dam                    0.00    0.0     0    

$$
                 




Preliminary data based on analysis from the NWS
National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
(NOHRSC)

 

24-hour snowfall
 

CoCoRaHS Observations:
Enlarge map, go to CoCoRaHS Page

CoCoRaHS Observations

Observations from NWS, FAA and cooperative weather observers

920 AM CDT Tue Oct 6 2026

Automated and Cooperative Observer Reports
Values represent precipitation and snowfall
for the 24-hour period ending around 7 am.

          Location               Pcpn   Snow   Depth  

...NORTHERN ILLINOIS...
Aurora                           0.00                 
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt          0.00                 
Barrington                       0.00                 
Batavia                          0.00    0.0     0    
Bourbonnais                      0.00    0.0     0    
Chicago Midway Arpt              0.00                 
Chicago O'Hare Arpt              0.00                 
Coal City 4NNW                   0.00    0.0     0    
DeKalb Northern IL Univ          0.00    0.0     0    
Elgin                            0.00    0.0     0    
Elgin                            0.00    0.0     0    
Elizabeth                        0.00    0.0     0    
Freeport                         0.00                 
Gladstone L&D 18                 0.00    0.0     0    
Hebron                           0.00    0.0     0    
Illinois City L&D 16             0.00                 
Kewanee                          0.00    0.0     0    
Lisle Morton Arboretum           0.00    0.0     0    
Manhattan                        0.00    0.0     0    
Marseilles                       0.00                 
Mendota                          0.00                 
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt          0.00                 
Morris                           0.00    0.0     0    
Mount Carroll                    0.00                 
New Boston L&D 17                0.00                 
Ottawa                           0.00                 
Romeoville/NWS Chicago           0.00    0.0     0    
Steward                          0.00    0.0     0    
Stockton                         0.00    0.0     0    
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                0.00                 
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt       0.00                 
Willow Springs                   0.00                 
Woodstock 5NW                    0.00                 

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                            0.00    0.0     0    
Athens 4SW                       0.00                 
Avon                             0.00    0.0     0    
Bentley                          0.00                 
Bloomington Waterworks           0.00    0.0     0    
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt    0.00                 
Champaign 3S                     0.00    0.0     0    
Champaign/Willard Arpt           0.00                 
Coles County Arpt                0.00                 
Decatur Arpt                     0.00                 
Galesburg Water Plant            0.00                 
Jacksonville 2E                  0.00    0.0     0    
Jerseyville 2 SW                 0.00    0.0     0    
Knoxville                        0.00    0.0     0    
La Harpe                         0.00                 
Lake Springfield                 0.00                 
Lincoln NWS                      0.00    0.0     0    
Lovington                        0.00                 
Macomb                           0.00    0.0     0    
Mattoon                          0.00    0.0     0    
Minonk                           0.00    0.0     0    
Monmouth 4NW                     0.00                 
Morrisonville                    0.00                 
Morton                           0.00    0.0     0    
Mount Olive 1 E                  0.00                 
Mount Pulaski                    0.00    0.0     0    
Moweaqua 2S                      0.00                 
Normal 4NE                       0.00    0.0     0    
Ogden                            0.00    0.0     0    
Pana                             0.00                 
Paris                            0.00    0.0     0    
Peoria 5NW                       0.00    0.0     0    
Peoria Intl Arpt                 0.00                 
Philo                            0.00    0.0     0    
Quincy L&D 21                    0.00    0.0     0    
Quincy Rgl Arpt                  0.00                 
Rantoul                          0.00                 
Shelbyville Dam                  0.00    0.0     0    
Sherman                          0.00                 
Springfield/Capital Arpt         0.00                 
Tuscola                          0.00    0.0     0    
Windsor                          0.00    0.0     0    
Yates City                       0.00                 

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D              0.00                 
Anna                             0.00                 
Beecher City                     0.00    0.0     0    
Cahokia/Parks Arpt               0.00                 
Carbondale                       0.00    0.0     0    
Casey                            0.00    0.0     0    
Edwardsville 2 W                 0.00                 
Fairfield                        0.00    0.0     0    
Grand Chain Dam                  0.00                 
Highland                         0.00    0.0     0    
Hutsonville                      0.00    0.0     0    
Kaskaskia L&D                    0.00                 
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt     0.00                 
Millstadt                        0.00                 
Mt Vernon                        0.00                 
Neoga                            0.00    0.0     0    
Salem                            0.00                 
Smithland Dam                    0.00    0.0     0    

$$

Preliminary data based on analysis from the NWS
National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
(NOHRSC)

 

24-hour snowfall
 

CoCoRaHS Observations:
Enlarge map, go to CoCoRaHS Page

CoCoRaHS Observations

Observations from NWS, FAA and cooperative weather observers

920 AM CDT Tue Oct 6 2026

Automated and Cooperative Observer Reports
Values represent precipitation and snowfall
for the 24-hour period ending around 7 am.

          Location               Pcpn   Snow   Depth  

...NORTHERN ILLINOIS...
Aurora                           0.00                 
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt          0.00                 
Barrington                       0.00                 
Batavia                          0.00    0.0     0    
Bourbonnais                      0.00    0.0     0    
Chicago Midway Arpt              0.00                 
Chicago O'Hare Arpt              0.00                 
Coal City 4NNW                   0.00    0.0     0    
DeKalb Northern IL Univ          0.00    0.0     0    
Elgin                            0.00    0.0     0    
Elgin                            0.00    0.0     0    
Elizabeth                        0.00    0.0     0    
Freeport                         0.00                 
Gladstone L&D 18                 0.00    0.0     0    
Hebron                           0.00    0.0     0    
Illinois City L&D 16             0.00                 
Kewanee                          0.00    0.0     0    
Lisle Morton Arboretum           0.00    0.0     0    
Manhattan                        0.00    0.0     0    
Marseilles                       0.00                 
Mendota                          0.00                 
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt          0.00                 
Morris                           0.00    0.0     0    
Mount Carroll                    0.00                 
New Boston L&D 17                0.00                 
Ottawa                           0.00                 
Romeoville/NWS Chicago           0.00    0.0     0    
Steward                          0.00    0.0     0    
Stockton                         0.00    0.0     0    
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                0.00                 
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt       0.00                 
Willow Springs                   0.00                 
Woodstock 5NW                    0.00                 

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                            0.00    0.0     0    
Athens 4SW                       0.00                 
Avon                             0.00    0.0     0    
Bentley                          0.00                 
Bloomington Waterworks           0.00    0.0     0    
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt    0.00                 
Champaign 3S                     0.00    0.0     0    
Champaign/Willard Arpt           0.00                 
Coles County Arpt                0.00                 
Decatur Arpt                     0.00                 
Galesburg Water Plant            0.00                 
Jacksonville 2E                  0.00    0.0     0    
Jerseyville 2 SW                 0.00    0.0     0    
Knoxville                        0.00    0.0     0    
La Harpe                         0.00                 
Lake Springfield                 0.00                 
Lincoln NWS                      0.00    0.0     0    
Lovington                        0.00                 
Macomb                           0.00    0.0     0    
Mattoon                          0.00    0.0     0    
Minonk                           0.00    0.0     0    
Monmouth 4NW                     0.00                 
Morrisonville                    0.00                 
Morton                           0.00    0.0     0    
Mount Olive 1 E                  0.00                 
Mount Pulaski                    0.00    0.0     0    
Moweaqua 2S                      0.00                 
Normal 4NE                       0.00    0.0     0    
Ogden                            0.00    0.0     0    
Pana                             0.00                 
Paris                            0.00    0.0     0    
Peoria 5NW                       0.00    0.0     0    
Peoria Intl Arpt                 0.00                 
Philo                            0.00    0.0     0    
Quincy L&D 21                    0.00    0.0     0    
Quincy Rgl Arpt                  0.00                 
Rantoul                          0.00                 
Shelbyville Dam                  0.00    0.0     0    
Sherman                          0.00                 
Springfield/Capital Arpt         0.00                 
Tuscola                          0.00    0.0     0    
Windsor                          0.00    0.0     0    
Yates City                       0.00                 

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D              0.00                 
Anna                             0.00                 
Beecher City                     0.00    0.0     0    
Cahokia/Parks Arpt               0.00                 
Carbondale                       0.00    0.0     0    
Casey                            0.00    0.0     0    
Edwardsville 2 W                 0.00                 
Fairfield                        0.00    0.0     0    
Grand Chain Dam                  0.00                 
Highland                         0.00    0.0     0    
Hutsonville                      0.00    0.0     0    
Kaskaskia L&D                    0.00                 
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt     0.00                 
Millstadt                        0.00                 
Mt Vernon                        0.00                 
Neoga                            0.00    0.0     0    
Salem                            0.00                 
Smithland Dam                    0.00    0.0     0    

$$
             




 

 

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