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



24-hour high temperatures
Observed data reported by NWS, FAA and cooperative weather observers
 
934 AM CDT Fri Jul 17 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                            92     72  
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt           92     69  
Barrington                        88     69  
Batavia                           95     72  
Chicago Midway Arpt               91     77  
Chicago O'Hare Arpt               91     75  
Coal City 4NNW                    96     72  
DeKalb Municipal Arpt             91     69  
DeKalb Northern IL Univ           91     72  
Elgin                             93     71  
Freeport                          93     67  
Freeport/Albertus Arpt            91     66  
Gladstone L&D 18                  96     71  
Greater Kankakee Arpt             93     71  
Illinois City L&D 16              93     73  
Joliet Rgl Arpt                   94     72  
Kankakee                          94     74  
Lansing Municipal Arpt            91     73  
Marseilles                        99     78  
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt           92     71  
Morris                            94     72  
Mount Carroll                     91     70  
New Boston L&D 17                 99     73  
Ottawa                            90     71  
Park Forest                       94     74  
Paw Paw                           90     77  
Peru/IL Valley Rgl Arpt           91     72  
Rochelle Municipal Arpt           91     67  
Romeoville/NWS Chicago            93     73  
Savanna/Tri-Township Arpt         94     69  
Schaumburg Rgl Arpt               91     72  
Sterling/Rock Falls Arpt          94     68  
Stockton                          90     67  
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                 83     66  
West Chicago/DuPage Arpt          91     71  
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt        88     72  

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                             91     73  
Avon                              90         
Bentley                           92     72  
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt     92     71  
Champaign 3S                               
Champaign/Willard Arpt            90     69  
Coles County Arpt                 90     71  
Danville/Vermilion Rgl Arpt       91     74  
Decatur Arpt                      90     69  
Edgar County Arpt                 92     67  
Galesburg Municipal Arpt          91     69  
Galesburg Water Plant             91     74  
Jacksonville Municipal Arpt       90     67  
Jerseyville 2 SW                  89     73  
Knoxville                         90     72  
La Harpe                          92     70  
Lacon/Marshall Co Arpt            92     71  
Lincoln NWS                       89     66  
Macomb Municipal Arpt             91     68  
Minonk                            94     74  
Morrisonville                     93     74  
Normal 4NE                        93     68  
Ogden                             94     70  
Pana                              92     72  
Paris                             91     71  
Peoria Intl Arpt                  92     73  
Quincy L&D 21                            74  
Quincy Rgl Arpt                   90     71  
Shelbyville Dam                   89     73  
Sidell 4N                         93     75  
Springfield/Capital Arpt          90     69  
Tuscola                           90     73  
Windsor                           88     70  

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D               86     74  
Cahokia/Parks Arpt                90     73  
Carbondale                        88     73  
Casey                             93     71  
Crawford County Arpt              90     71  
Effingham Co Arpt                 90     72  
Fairfield                         91     74  
Fairfield Municipal Arpt          89     72  
Grand Chain Dam                   86     73  
Harrisburg Arpt                   87     72  
Kaskaskia L&D                     92     72  
Lawrenceville 2WSW                90     73  
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt      89     75  
Millstadt                         87     70  
Mt Carmel Municipal Arpt          91     74  
Mt Vernon                         87     71  
Olney/Noble Arpt                  91     72  
Salem                             93     74  
Salem/Leckrone Arpt               90     73  
Smithland Dam                     89     73  

$$


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


 

24-hour low temperatures

Observed data from NWS, FAA, and cooperative weather observers

 

934 AM CDT Fri Jul 17 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                            92     72  
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt           92     69  
Barrington                        88     69  
Batavia                           95     72  
Chicago Midway Arpt               91     77  
Chicago O'Hare Arpt               91     75  
Coal City 4NNW                    96     72  
DeKalb Municipal Arpt             91     69  
DeKalb Northern IL Univ           91     72  
Elgin                             93     71  
Freeport                          93     67  
Freeport/Albertus Arpt            91     66  
Gladstone L&D 18                  96     71  
Greater Kankakee Arpt             93     71  
Illinois City L&D 16              93     73  
Joliet Rgl Arpt                   94     72  
Kankakee                          94     74  
Lansing Municipal Arpt            91     73  
Marseilles                        99     78  
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt           92     71  
Morris                            94     72  
Mount Carroll                     91     70  
New Boston L&D 17                 99     73  
Ottawa                            90     71  
Park Forest                       94     74  
Paw Paw                           90     77  
Peru/IL Valley Rgl Arpt           91     72  
Rochelle Municipal Arpt           91     67  
Romeoville/NWS Chicago            93     73  
Savanna/Tri-Township Arpt         94     69  
Schaumburg Rgl Arpt               91     72  
Sterling/Rock Falls Arpt          94     68  
Stockton                          90     67  
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                 83     66  
West Chicago/DuPage Arpt          91     71  
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt        88     72  

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                             91     73  
Avon                              90         
Bentley                           92     72  
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt     92     71  
Champaign 3S                               
Champaign/Willard Arpt            90     69  
Coles County Arpt                 90     71  
Danville/Vermilion Rgl Arpt       91     74  
Decatur Arpt                      90     69  
Edgar County Arpt                 92     67  
Galesburg Municipal Arpt          91     69  
Galesburg Water Plant             91     74  
Jacksonville Municipal Arpt       90     67  
Jerseyville 2 SW                  89     73  
Knoxville                         90     72  
La Harpe                          92     70  
Lacon/Marshall Co Arpt            92     71  
Lincoln NWS                       89     66  
Macomb Municipal Arpt             91     68  
Minonk                            94     74  
Morrisonville                     93     74  
Normal 4NE                        93     68  
Ogden                             94     70  
Pana                              92     72  
Paris                             91     71  
Peoria Intl Arpt                  92     73  
Quincy L&D 21                            74  
Quincy Rgl Arpt                   90     71  
Shelbyville Dam                   89     73  
Sidell 4N                         93     75  
Springfield/Capital Arpt          90     69  
Tuscola                           90     73  
Windsor                           88     70  

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D               86     74  
Cahokia/Parks Arpt                90     73  
Carbondale                        88     73  
Casey                             93     71  
Crawford County Arpt              90     71  
Effingham Co Arpt                 90     72  
Fairfield                         91     74  
Fairfield Municipal Arpt          89     72  
Grand Chain Dam                   86     73  
Harrisburg Arpt                   87     72  
Kaskaskia L&D                     92     72  
Lawrenceville 2WSW                90     73  
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt      89     75  
Millstadt                         87     70  
Mt Carmel Municipal Arpt          91     74  
Mt Vernon                         87     71  
Olney/Noble Arpt                  91     72  
Salem                             93     74  
Salem/Leckrone Arpt               90     73  
Smithland Dam                     89     73  

$$


               

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


 

24-hour precipitation

 

CoCoRaHS Observations:
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CoCoRaHS Observations

Observations from NWS, FAA and cooperative weather observers

933 AM CDT Fri Jul 17 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    0.0     0    
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt          0.00                 
Barrington                       0.30                 
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    
Earlville 3S                     0.00    0.0     0    
Elgin                            0.00    0.0     0    
Elgin                            0.00    0.0     0    
Freeport                         0.00    0.0     0    
Gladstone L&D 18                 0.00    0.0     0    
Hebron                           0.00    0.0     0    
Illinois City L&D 16             0.00                 
Kankakee                         0.00                 
Lansing                          0.00    0.0     0    
Marseilles                       0.00                 
Mendota                          0.00                 
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt          0.00                 
Morris                           0.12    0.0     0    
Mount Carroll                    0.00                 
New Boston L&D 17                0.00                 
Ottawa                           0.00                 
Park Forest                      0.00    0.0     0    
Paw Paw                          0.00    0.0     0    
Peotone                          0.50    0.0     0    
Romeoville/NWS Chicago             T     0.0     0    
Steward                          0.00    0.0     0    
Stockton                         0.00    0.0     0    
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                0.00                 
West Chicago/DuPage Arpt         0.04                 
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt       0.00                 
Woodstock 5NW                    0.00                 

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                            0.00    0.0     0    
Arthur 1W                          T     0.0     0    
Athens 4SW                       0.00                 
Avon                                     0.0     0    
Bentley                          0.00                 
Bloomington Waterworks           0.07    0.0     0    
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt    0.00                 
Champaign/Willard Arpt           0.00                 
Coles County Arpt                0.00                 
Decatur Arpt                     0.09                 
Fisher                           0.24                 
Galesburg Water Plant            0.00                 
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    
Macomb                           0.00    0.0     0    
Mattoon                          0.00    0.0     0    
Medora                             T     0.0     0    
Minonk                           0.00                 
Morrisonville                    0.00                 
Morton                           0.00    0.0     0    
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    0.0     0    
Paris                            0.00    0.0     0    
Peoria 5NW                       0.00    0.0     0    
Peoria Intl Arpt                 0.00                 
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                          0.75                 
Sidell 4N                        0.00                 
Springfield/Capital Arpt         0.00                 
Tuscola                          0.02    0.0     0    
Windsor                          0.00    0.0     0    
Yates City                       0.00                 

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D              0.00                 
Cahokia/Parks Arpt               0.00                 
Carbondale                       0.00    0.0     0    
Casey                            0.00    0.0     0    
Clay City 6SSE                   0.07    0.0     0    
Edwardsville 2 W                 1.12                 
Effingham Water Plant            0.02                 
Fairfield                        0.02    0.0     0    
Flora                            0.57    0.0     0    
Grand Chain Dam                  0.00                 
Highland                           T     0.0     0    
Kaskaskia L&D                    0.00                 
Lawrenceville 2WSW               0.35                 
Medora                             T     0.0     0    
Millstadt                        0.00                 
Mt Vernon                        0.26                 
Neoga                            0.40    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

933 AM CDT Fri Jul 17 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    0.0     0    
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt          0.00                 
Barrington                       0.30                 
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    
Earlville 3S                     0.00    0.0     0    
Elgin                            0.00    0.0     0    
Elgin                            0.00    0.0     0    
Freeport                         0.00    0.0     0    
Gladstone L&D 18                 0.00    0.0     0    
Hebron                           0.00    0.0     0    
Illinois City L&D 16             0.00                 
Kankakee                         0.00                 
Lansing                          0.00    0.0     0    
Marseilles                       0.00                 
Mendota                          0.00                 
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt          0.00                 
Morris                           0.12    0.0     0    
Mount Carroll                    0.00                 
New Boston L&D 17                0.00                 
Ottawa                           0.00                 
Park Forest                      0.00    0.0     0    
Paw Paw                          0.00    0.0     0    
Peotone                          0.50    0.0     0    
Romeoville/NWS Chicago             T     0.0     0    
Steward                          0.00    0.0     0    
Stockton                         0.00    0.0     0    
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                0.00                 
West Chicago/DuPage Arpt         0.04                 
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt       0.00                 
Woodstock 5NW                    0.00                 

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                            0.00    0.0     0    
Arthur 1W                          T     0.0     0    
Athens 4SW                       0.00                 
Avon                                     0.0     0    
Bentley                          0.00                 
Bloomington Waterworks           0.07    0.0     0    
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt    0.00                 
Champaign/Willard Arpt           0.00                 
Coles County Arpt                0.00                 
Decatur Arpt                     0.09                 
Fisher                           0.24                 
Galesburg Water Plant            0.00                 
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    
Macomb                           0.00    0.0     0    
Mattoon                          0.00    0.0     0    
Medora                             T     0.0     0    
Minonk                           0.00                 
Morrisonville                    0.00                 
Morton                           0.00    0.0     0    
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    0.0     0    
Paris                            0.00    0.0     0    
Peoria 5NW                       0.00    0.0     0    
Peoria Intl Arpt                 0.00                 
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                          0.75                 
Sidell 4N                        0.00                 
Springfield/Capital Arpt         0.00                 
Tuscola                          0.02    0.0     0    
Windsor                          0.00    0.0     0    
Yates City                       0.00                 

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D              0.00                 
Cahokia/Parks Arpt               0.00                 
Carbondale                       0.00    0.0     0    
Casey                            0.00    0.0     0    
Clay City 6SSE                   0.07    0.0     0    
Edwardsville 2 W                 1.12                 
Effingham Water Plant            0.02                 
Fairfield                        0.02    0.0     0    
Flora                            0.57    0.0     0    
Grand Chain Dam                  0.00                 
Highland                           T     0.0     0    
Kaskaskia L&D                    0.00                 
Lawrenceville 2WSW               0.35                 
Medora                             T     0.0     0    
Millstadt                        0.00                 
Mt Vernon                        0.26                 
Neoga                            0.40    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

933 AM CDT Fri Jul 17 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    0.0     0    
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt          0.00                 
Barrington                       0.30                 
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    
Earlville 3S                     0.00    0.0     0    
Elgin                            0.00    0.0     0    
Elgin                            0.00    0.0     0    
Freeport                         0.00    0.0     0    
Gladstone L&D 18                 0.00    0.0     0    
Hebron                           0.00    0.0     0    
Illinois City L&D 16             0.00                 
Kankakee                         0.00                 
Lansing                          0.00    0.0     0    
Marseilles                       0.00                 
Mendota                          0.00                 
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt          0.00                 
Morris                           0.12    0.0     0    
Mount Carroll                    0.00                 
New Boston L&D 17                0.00                 
Ottawa                           0.00                 
Park Forest                      0.00    0.0     0    
Paw Paw                          0.00    0.0     0    
Peotone                          0.50    0.0     0    
Romeoville/NWS Chicago             T     0.0     0    
Steward                          0.00    0.0     0    
Stockton                         0.00    0.0     0    
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                0.00                 
West Chicago/DuPage Arpt         0.04                 
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt       0.00                 
Woodstock 5NW                    0.00                 

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                            0.00    0.0     0    
Arthur 1W                          T     0.0     0    
Athens 4SW                       0.00                 
Avon                                     0.0     0    
Bentley                          0.00                 
Bloomington Waterworks           0.07    0.0     0    
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt    0.00                 
Champaign/Willard Arpt           0.00                 
Coles County Arpt                0.00                 
Decatur Arpt                     0.09                 
Fisher                           0.24                 
Galesburg Water Plant            0.00                 
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    
Macomb                           0.00    0.0     0    
Mattoon                          0.00    0.0     0    
Medora                             T     0.0     0    
Minonk                           0.00                 
Morrisonville                    0.00                 
Morton                           0.00    0.0     0    
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    0.0     0    
Paris                            0.00    0.0     0    
Peoria 5NW                       0.00    0.0     0    
Peoria Intl Arpt                 0.00                 
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                          0.75                 
Sidell 4N                        0.00                 
Springfield/Capital Arpt         0.00                 
Tuscola                          0.02    0.0     0    
Windsor                          0.00    0.0     0    
Yates City                       0.00                 

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D              0.00                 
Cahokia/Parks Arpt               0.00                 
Carbondale                       0.00    0.0     0    
Casey                            0.00    0.0     0    
Clay City 6SSE                   0.07    0.0     0    
Edwardsville 2 W                 1.12                 
Effingham Water Plant            0.02                 
Fairfield                        0.02    0.0     0    
Flora                            0.57    0.0     0    
Grand Chain Dam                  0.00                 
Highland                           T     0.0     0    
Kaskaskia L&D                    0.00                 
Lawrenceville 2WSW               0.35                 
Medora                             T     0.0     0    
Millstadt                        0.00                 
Mt Vernon                        0.26                 
Neoga                            0.40    0.0     0    
Salem                            0.00                 
Smithland Dam                    0.00    0.0     0    

$$

             




 

 

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