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Heavy to Excessive Rains in The Four Corners Region and Midwest; Heat Persists in the South-Central U.S.

Repeated rounds of showers and thunderstorms could bring a flash flooding threat across the Four Corners region and from the mid-Mississippi Valley into the lower Great Lakes. Hot temperatures and high humidity will continue to challenge daily records from the Southern Plains to the lower Mississippi Valley. Read More >

NOTE:  Climate information is PRELIMINARY DATA.
CERTIFIED climate data is available from the
National Centers for Environmental Information, or from the
Midwestern Regional Climate Center.

 

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



24-hour high temperatures
Observed data reported by NWS, FAA and cooperative weather observers
 
925 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 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                            83     64  
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt           83     62  
Barrington                        79     61  
Batavia                           85     65  
Chicago Midway Arpt               85     68  
Chicago O'Hare Arpt               84     65  
Coal City 4NNW                    91     66  
DeKalb Municipal Arpt             83     62  
DeKalb Northern IL Univ           82     63  
Elgin                             83     63  
Elizabeth                         74     60  
Freeport                          77     60  
Freeport/Albertus Arpt            78     61  
Gladstone L&D 18                         66  
Greater Kankakee Arpt             94     65  
Illinois City L&D 16              79     60  
Joliet Rgl Arpt                   89     65  
Kankakee                          93     68  
Kewanee                           84     65  
Lansing Municipal Arpt            90     64  
Lisle Morton Arboretum            84     64  
Marseilles                        85     63  
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt           83     65  
Morris                            88     66  
Mount Carroll                     78     63  
New Boston L&D 17                        66  
Ottawa                            84     64  
Park Forest                       89     65  
Paw Paw                           84     62  
Peru/IL Valley Rgl Arpt           84     66  
Rochelle Municipal Arpt           82     62  
Rockford Arpt                     76     65  
Romeoville/NWS Chicago            86     65  
Savanna/Tri-Township Arpt         78     63  
Schaumburg Rgl Arpt               84     65  
Sterling/Rock Falls Arpt          83     64  
Stockton                          73     60  
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                 79     62  
West Chicago/DuPage Arpt          83     63  
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt        83     64  

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                             83     64  
Avon                              89     65  
Bentley                           93     66  
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt     96     66  
Champaign 3S                      97     69  
Champaign/Willard Arpt            97     60  
Coles County Arpt                 97     66  
Decatur Arpt                      99     67  
Edgar County Arpt                 98     62  
Galesburg Municipal Arpt          88     65  
Galesburg Water Plant             86     56  
Jacksonville Municipal Arpt       97     69  
Jerseyville 2 SW                  99     73  
Knoxville                         88     66  
La Harpe                          88     64  
Lacon/Marshall Co Arpt            88     66  
Lincoln NWS                       97     65  
Macomb Municipal Arpt             92     67  
Monmouth 4NW                      87     65  
Morrisonville                            76  
Normal 4NE                        99     65  
Ogden                             98     63  
Pana                              94     69  
Paris                             97     66  
Peoria Intl Arpt                  91     68  
Pittsfield/Penstone Arpt          96     70  
Pontiac Municipal Arpt            81     67  
Quincy L&D 21                     88     60  
Quincy Rgl Arpt                   94     69  
Rantoul Aviation Center           97     62  
Shelbyville Dam                   100    68  
Sidell 4N                         97     65  
Springfield/Capital Arpt          99     71  
Tuscola                           95     67  
Windsor                           97     66  

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Anna                              94     66  
Cahokia/Parks Arpt                100    69  
Carbondale                        95     71  
Casey                             103    65  
Crawford County Arpt              99     61  
Effingham Co Arpt                 98     66  
Fairfield                         98     69  
Fairfield Municipal Arpt          98     66  
Harrisburg Arpt                   95     66  
Lawrenceville 2WSW                96     70  
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt      97     65  
Millstadt                         97     69  
Mt Carmel Municipal Arpt          100    64  
Olney/Noble Arpt                  100    66  
Salem                             99     67  
Salem/Leckrone Arpt               101    69  
Smithland Dam                     96     72  
Sparta Community Arpt             98     68  

$$

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 Wed Sep 16 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                            83     64  
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt           83     62  
Barrington                        79     61  
Batavia                           85     65  
Chicago Midway Arpt               85     68  
Chicago O'Hare Arpt               84     65  
Coal City 4NNW                    91     66  
DeKalb Municipal Arpt             83     62  
DeKalb Northern IL Univ           82     63  
Elgin                             83     63  
Elizabeth                         74     60  
Freeport                          77     60  
Freeport/Albertus Arpt            78     61  
Gladstone L&D 18                         66  
Greater Kankakee Arpt             94     65  
Illinois City L&D 16              79     60  
Joliet Rgl Arpt                   89     65  
Kankakee                          93     68  
Kewanee                           84     65  
Lansing Municipal Arpt            90     64  
Lisle Morton Arboretum            84     64  
Marseilles                        85     63  
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt           83     65  
Morris                            88     66  
Mount Carroll                     78     63  
New Boston L&D 17                        66  
Ottawa                            84     64  
Park Forest                       89     65  
Paw Paw                           84     62  
Peru/IL Valley Rgl Arpt           84     66  
Rochelle Municipal Arpt           82     62  
Rockford Arpt                     76     65  
Romeoville/NWS Chicago            86     65  
Savanna/Tri-Township Arpt         78     63  
Schaumburg Rgl Arpt               84     65  
Sterling/Rock Falls Arpt          83     64  
Stockton                          73     60  
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                 79     62  
West Chicago/DuPage Arpt          83     63  
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt        83     64  

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                             83     64  
Avon                              89     65  
Bentley                           93     66  
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt     96     66  
Champaign 3S                      97     69  
Champaign/Willard Arpt            97     60  
Coles County Arpt                 97     66  
Decatur Arpt                      99     67  
Edgar County Arpt                 98     62  
Galesburg Municipal Arpt          88     65  
Galesburg Water Plant             86     56  
Jacksonville Municipal Arpt       97     69  
Jerseyville 2 SW                  99     73  
Knoxville                         88     66  
La Harpe                          88     64  
Lacon/Marshall Co Arpt            88     66  
Lincoln NWS                       97     65  
Macomb Municipal Arpt             92     67  
Monmouth 4NW                      87     65  
Morrisonville                            76  
Normal 4NE                        99     65  
Ogden                             98     63  
Pana                              94     69  
Paris                             97     66  
Peoria Intl Arpt                  91     68  
Pittsfield/Penstone Arpt          96     70  
Pontiac Municipal Arpt            81     67  
Quincy L&D 21                     88     60  
Quincy Rgl Arpt                   94     69  
Rantoul Aviation Center           97     62  
Shelbyville Dam                   100    68  
Sidell 4N                         97     65  
Springfield/Capital Arpt          99     71  
Tuscola                           95     67  
Windsor                           97     66  

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Anna                              94     66  
Cahokia/Parks Arpt                100    69  
Carbondale                        95     71  
Casey                             103    65  
Crawford County Arpt              99     61  
Effingham Co Arpt                 98     66  
Fairfield                         98     69  
Fairfield Municipal Arpt          98     66  
Harrisburg Arpt                   95     66  
Lawrenceville 2WSW                96     70  
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt      97     65  
Millstadt                         97     69  
Mt Carmel Municipal Arpt          100    64  
Olney/Noble Arpt                  100    66  
Salem                             99     67  
Salem/Leckrone Arpt               101    69  
Smithland Dam                     96     72  
Sparta Community Arpt             98     68  

$$

               

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


 

24-hour precipitation

 

CoCoRaHS Observations:
Enlarge imagego to CoCoRaHS Page

CoCoRaHS Observations

Observations from NWS, FAA and cooperative weather observers

920 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 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                           0.08    0.0     0    
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt          0.11                 
Barrington                       0.40                 
Batavia                          0.11    0.0     0    
Bourbonnais                      0.69    0.0     0    
Chicago Midway Arpt              0.02                 
Chicago O'Hare Arpt              0.07                 
Coal City 4NNW                   0.27    0.0     0    
DeKalb Northern IL Univ          0.56    0.0     0    
Earlville 3S                     0.18    0.0     0    
Elgin                            0.40    0.0     0    
Elgin                            0.22    0.0     0    
Elizabeth                        0.52    0.0     0    
Freeport                         0.39                 
Gladstone L&D 18                 0.40    0.0     0    
Illinois City L&D 16             1.40                 
Kankakee                         0.54                 
Kewanee                          0.40    0.0     0    
Lisle Morton Arboretum           0.04    0.0     0    
Marseilles                       0.27                 
Mendota                          0.25                 
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt          0.11                 
Morris                           0.42    0.0     0    
Mount Carroll                    0.40                 
New Boston L&D 17                0.38                 
Ottawa                           0.40                 
Park Forest                      0.09    0.0     0    
Paw Paw                          0.35    0.0     0    
Romeoville/NWS Chicago           0.10    0.0     0    
Steward                          0.59    0.0     0    
Stockton                         0.36    0.0     0    
Streator                         0.90                 
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                0.24                 
Westmont                         0.10                 
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt       0.24                 
Woodstock 5NW                    0.50                 

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                            0.49    0.0     0    
Athens 4SW                       1.87                 
Augusta                          1.73    0.0     0    
Avon                                     0.0     0    
Bentley                          1.27                 
Bloomington Waterworks           2.19    0.0     0    
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt    1.61                 
Buffalo                          1.40    0.0     0    
Champaign 3S                     1.13    0.0     0    
Champaign/Willard Arpt           0.90                 
Cisco                            1.37    0.0     0    
Coles County Arpt                0.00                 
Decatur Arpt                     0.51                 
Fisher                           0.87                 
Galesburg Water Plant            0.67                 
Jerseyville 2 SW                   T     0.0     0    
Knoxville                        1.72    0.0     0    
La Harpe                         1.55                 
Lake Springfield                 1.31                 
Lincoln NWS                      1.50            0    
Lovington                        0.15                 
Macomb                           2.02    0.0     0    
Medora                           0.01    0.0     0    
Monmouth 4NW                     0.50                 
Morrisonville                    0.08    0.0     0    
Morton                           1.55    0.0     0    
Mount Pulaski                    1.69    0.0     0    
Moweaqua 2S                      0.09                 
Normal 4NE                       1.57    0.0     0    
Ogden                            0.20    0.0     0    
Pana                             0.00                 
Paris                            0.00    0.0     0    
Peoria 5NW                       2.62    0.0     0    
Peoria Intl Arpt                 1.32                 
Quincy L&D 21                    2.09                 
Quincy Rgl Arpt                  1.26                 
Rantoul                          0.54                 
Roanoke                          1.39    0.0     0    
Shelbyville Dam                  0.00    0.0     0    
Sherman                          1.28                 
Sidell 4N                        0.50                 
Springfield/Capital Arpt         1.01                 
Tuscola                          0.21    0.0     0    
Windsor                          0.00    0.0     0    
Yates City                       4.41                 

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Anna                             0.00                 
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    
Highland                           T     0.0     0    
Lawrenceville 2WSW                 T                  
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt     0.00                 
Medora                           0.01    0.0     0    
Millstadt                        0.35                 
Neoga                              T     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 mapgo to CoCoRaHS Page

CoCoRaHS Observations

Observations from NWS, FAA and cooperative weather observers

920 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 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                           0.08    0.0     0    
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt          0.11                 
Barrington                       0.40                 
Batavia                          0.11    0.0     0    
Bourbonnais                      0.69    0.0     0    
Chicago Midway Arpt              0.02                 
Chicago O'Hare Arpt              0.07                 
Coal City 4NNW                   0.27    0.0     0    
DeKalb Northern IL Univ          0.56    0.0     0    
Earlville 3S                     0.18    0.0     0    
Elgin                            0.40    0.0     0    
Elgin                            0.22    0.0     0    
Elizabeth                        0.52    0.0     0    
Freeport                         0.39                 
Gladstone L&D 18                 0.40    0.0     0    
Illinois City L&D 16             1.40                 
Kankakee                         0.54                 
Kewanee                          0.40    0.0     0    
Lisle Morton Arboretum           0.04    0.0     0    
Marseilles                       0.27                 
Mendota                          0.25                 
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt          0.11                 
Morris                           0.42    0.0     0    
Mount Carroll                    0.40                 
New Boston L&D 17                0.38                 
Ottawa                           0.40                 
Park Forest                      0.09    0.0     0    
Paw Paw                          0.35    0.0     0    
Romeoville/NWS Chicago           0.10    0.0     0    
Steward                          0.59    0.0     0    
Stockton                         0.36    0.0     0    
Streator                         0.90                 
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                0.24                 
Westmont                         0.10                 
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt       0.24                 
Woodstock 5NW                    0.50                 

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                            0.49    0.0     0    
Athens 4SW                       1.87                 
Augusta                          1.73    0.0     0    
Avon                                     0.0     0    
Bentley                          1.27                 
Bloomington Waterworks           2.19    0.0     0    
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt    1.61                 
Buffalo                          1.40    0.0     0    
Champaign 3S                     1.13    0.0     0    
Champaign/Willard Arpt           0.90                 
Cisco                            1.37    0.0     0    
Coles County Arpt                0.00                 
Decatur Arpt                     0.51                 
Fisher                           0.87                 
Galesburg Water Plant            0.67                 
Jerseyville 2 SW                   T     0.0     0    
Knoxville                        1.72    0.0     0    
La Harpe                         1.55                 
Lake Springfield                 1.31                 
Lincoln NWS                      1.50            0    
Lovington                        0.15                 
Macomb                           2.02    0.0     0    
Medora                           0.01    0.0     0    
Monmouth 4NW                     0.50                 
Morrisonville                    0.08    0.0     0    
Morton                           1.55    0.0     0    
Mount Pulaski                    1.69    0.0     0    
Moweaqua 2S                      0.09                 
Normal 4NE                       1.57    0.0     0    
Ogden                            0.20    0.0     0    
Pana                             0.00                 
Paris                            0.00    0.0     0    
Peoria 5NW                       2.62    0.0     0    
Peoria Intl Arpt                 1.32                 
Quincy L&D 21                    2.09                 
Quincy Rgl Arpt                  1.26                 
Rantoul                          0.54                 
Roanoke                          1.39    0.0     0    
Shelbyville Dam                  0.00    0.0     0    
Sherman                          1.28                 
Sidell 4N                        0.50                 
Springfield/Capital Arpt         1.01                 
Tuscola                          0.21    0.0     0    
Windsor                          0.00    0.0     0    
Yates City                       4.41                 

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Anna                             0.00                 
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    
Highland                           T     0.0     0    
Lawrenceville 2WSW                 T                  
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt     0.00                 
Medora                           0.01    0.0     0    
Millstadt                        0.35                 
Neoga                              T     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 mapgo to CoCoRaHS Page

CoCoRaHS Observations

Observations from NWS, FAA and cooperative weather observers

920 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 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                           0.08    0.0     0    
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt          0.11                 
Barrington                       0.40                 
Batavia                          0.11    0.0     0    
Bourbonnais                      0.69    0.0     0    
Chicago Midway Arpt              0.02                 
Chicago O'Hare Arpt              0.07                 
Coal City 4NNW                   0.27    0.0     0    
DeKalb Northern IL Univ          0.56    0.0     0    
Earlville 3S                     0.18    0.0     0    
Elgin                            0.40    0.0     0    
Elgin                            0.22    0.0     0    
Elizabeth                        0.52    0.0     0    
Freeport                         0.39                 
Gladstone L&D 18                 0.40    0.0     0    
Illinois City L&D 16             1.40                 
Kankakee                         0.54                 
Kewanee                          0.40    0.0     0    
Lisle Morton Arboretum           0.04    0.0     0    
Marseilles                       0.27                 
Mendota                          0.25                 
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt          0.11                 
Morris                           0.42    0.0     0    
Mount Carroll                    0.40                 
New Boston L&D 17                0.38                 
Ottawa                           0.40                 
Park Forest                      0.09    0.0     0    
Paw Paw                          0.35    0.0     0    
Romeoville/NWS Chicago           0.10    0.0     0    
Steward                          0.59    0.0     0    
Stockton                         0.36    0.0     0    
Streator                         0.90                 
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                0.24                 
Westmont                         0.10                 
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt       0.24                 
Woodstock 5NW                    0.50                 

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                            0.49    0.0     0    
Athens 4SW                       1.87                 
Augusta                          1.73    0.0     0    
Avon                                     0.0     0    
Bentley                          1.27                 
Bloomington Waterworks           2.19    0.0     0    
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt    1.61                 
Buffalo                          1.40    0.0     0    
Champaign 3S                     1.13    0.0     0    
Champaign/Willard Arpt           0.90                 
Cisco                            1.37    0.0     0    
Coles County Arpt                0.00                 
Decatur Arpt                     0.51                 
Fisher                           0.87                 
Galesburg Water Plant            0.67                 
Jerseyville 2 SW                   T     0.0     0    
Knoxville                        1.72    0.0     0    
La Harpe                         1.55                 
Lake Springfield                 1.31                 
Lincoln NWS                      1.50            0    
Lovington                        0.15                 
Macomb                           2.02    0.0     0    
Medora                           0.01    0.0     0    
Monmouth 4NW                     0.50                 
Morrisonville                    0.08    0.0     0    
Morton                           1.55    0.0     0    
Mount Pulaski                    1.69    0.0     0    
Moweaqua 2S                      0.09                 
Normal 4NE                       1.57    0.0     0    
Ogden                            0.20    0.0     0    
Pana                             0.00                 
Paris                            0.00    0.0     0    
Peoria 5NW                       2.62    0.0     0    
Peoria Intl Arpt                 1.32                 
Quincy L&D 21                    2.09                 
Quincy Rgl Arpt                  1.26                 
Rantoul                          0.54                 
Roanoke                          1.39    0.0     0    
Shelbyville Dam                  0.00    0.0     0    
Sherman                          1.28                 
Sidell 4N                        0.50                 
Springfield/Capital Arpt         1.01                 
Tuscola                          0.21    0.0     0    
Windsor                          0.00    0.0     0    
Yates City                       4.41                 

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Anna                             0.00                 
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    
Highland                           T     0.0     0    
Lawrenceville 2WSW                 T                  
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt     0.00                 
Medora                           0.01    0.0     0    
Millstadt                        0.35                 
Neoga                              T     0.0     0    
Salem                            0.00                 
Smithland Dam                    0.00    0.0     0    

$$
             




 

 

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