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Preliminary data based on the Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis
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24-hour high temperatures
Observed data reported by NWS, FAA and cooperative weather observers
 
925 AM CDT Wed Oct 7 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                            74     49  
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt           74     43  
Barrington                        69     51  
Batavia                           75     47  
Chicago Midway Arpt               74     51  
Chicago O'Hare Arpt               74     50  
Coal City 4NNW                    77     45  
DeKalb Municipal Arpt             73     44  
DeKalb Northern IL Univ           74     48  
Elgin                             74     46  
Elizabeth                         77     45  
Freeport                          76     46  
Freeport/Albertus Arpt            76     48  
Gladstone L&D 18                  78     48  
Greater Kankakee Arpt             75     44  
Illinois City L&D 16              78     41  
Joliet Rgl Arpt                   76     47  
Kewanee                           75     43  
Lansing Municipal Arpt            74     47  
Lisle Morton Arboretum            74     44  
Marseilles                        75     41  
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt           78     47  
Morris                            76     50  
Mount Carroll                     76     44  
New Boston L&D 17                 78     52  
Ottawa                            74     47  
Park Forest                       74     49  
Rochelle Municipal Arpt           75     47  
Romeoville/NWS Chicago            74     49  
Savanna/Tri-Township Arpt         77     46  
Schaumburg Rgl Arpt               74     47  
Sterling/Rock Falls Arpt          77     44  
Stockton                          78     42  
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                 73     47  
West Chicago/DuPage Arpt          73     47  
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt        74     47  

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                             77     49  
Bentley                                  46  
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt     75     47  
Champaign/Willard Arpt            76     44  
Coles County Arpt                 76     48  
Decatur Arpt                      75     41  
Edgar County Arpt                 75     41  
Galesburg Municipal Arpt          76     46  
Galesburg Water Plant             77     51  
Jacksonville Municipal Arpt       78     44  
Jerseyville 2 SW                  79     44  
Knoxville                         76     51  
Lacon/Marshall Co Arpt            74     44  
Lincoln NWS                       76     40  
Macomb Municipal Arpt             79     42  
Minonk                            76     48  
Monmouth 4NW                      79     50  
Normal 4NE                        77     48  
Ogden                             76     46  
Pana                              79     47  
Paris                             79     44  
Peoria Intl Arpt                  76     46  
Pittsfield/Penstone Arpt          80     44  
Pontiac Municipal Arpt            76     44  
Quincy L&D 21                     82     49  
Quincy Rgl Arpt                   79     48  
Rantoul Aviation Center           75     46  
Shelbyville Dam                   78     48  
Sidell 4N                         76     46  
Springfield/Capital Arpt          77     44  
Tuscola                           77     49  
White Hall 1 E                    78     45  
Windsor                           78     45  

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D               79     48  
Anna                              79     46  
Cahokia/Parks Arpt                80     42  
Carbondale                        78     43  
Carbondale/Southern IL Arpt       79     46  
Crawford County Arpt              77     40  
Effingham Co Arpt                 76     44  
Fairfield                         77     47  
Fairfield Municipal Arpt          78     46  
Grand Chain Dam                   78     49  
Harrisburg Arpt                   78     44  
Kaskaskia L&D                     80     41  
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt      76     45  
Millstadt                         76     46  
Mt Carmel Municipal Arpt          77     43  
Mt Vernon                         78     43  
Olney/Noble Arpt                  78     46  
Salem                             80     47  
Salem/Leckrone Arpt               80     44  
Smithland Dam                     79     48  
Sparta Community Arpt             80     42  

$$

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 Oct 7 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                            74     49  
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt           74     43  
Barrington                        69     51  
Batavia                           75     47  
Chicago Midway Arpt               74     51  
Chicago O'Hare Arpt               74     50  
Coal City 4NNW                    77     45  
DeKalb Municipal Arpt             73     44  
DeKalb Northern IL Univ           74     48  
Elgin                             74     46  
Elizabeth                         77     45  
Freeport                          76     46  
Freeport/Albertus Arpt            76     48  
Gladstone L&D 18                  78     48  
Greater Kankakee Arpt             75     44  
Illinois City L&D 16              78     41  
Joliet Rgl Arpt                   76     47  
Kewanee                           75     43  
Lansing Municipal Arpt            74     47  
Lisle Morton Arboretum            74     44  
Marseilles                        75     41  
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt           78     47  
Morris                            76     50  
Mount Carroll                     76     44  
New Boston L&D 17                 78     52  
Ottawa                            74     47  
Park Forest                       74     49  
Rochelle Municipal Arpt           75     47  
Romeoville/NWS Chicago            74     49  
Savanna/Tri-Township Arpt         77     46  
Schaumburg Rgl Arpt               74     47  
Sterling/Rock Falls Arpt          77     44  
Stockton                          78     42  
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                 73     47  
West Chicago/DuPage Arpt          73     47  
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt        74     47  

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                             77     49  
Bentley                                  46  
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt     75     47  
Champaign/Willard Arpt            76     44  
Coles County Arpt                 76     48  
Decatur Arpt                      75     41  
Edgar County Arpt                 75     41  
Galesburg Municipal Arpt          76     46  
Galesburg Water Plant             77     51  
Jacksonville Municipal Arpt       78     44  
Jerseyville 2 SW                  79     44  
Knoxville                         76     51  
Lacon/Marshall Co Arpt            74     44  
Lincoln NWS                       76     40  
Macomb Municipal Arpt             79     42  
Minonk                            76     48  
Monmouth 4NW                      79     50  
Normal 4NE                        77     48  
Ogden                             76     46  
Pana                              79     47  
Paris                             79     44  
Peoria Intl Arpt                  76     46  
Pittsfield/Penstone Arpt          80     44  
Pontiac Municipal Arpt            76     44  
Quincy L&D 21                     82     49  
Quincy Rgl Arpt                   79     48  
Rantoul Aviation Center           75     46  
Shelbyville Dam                   78     48  
Sidell 4N                         76     46  
Springfield/Capital Arpt          77     44  
Tuscola                           77     49  
White Hall 1 E                    78     45  
Windsor                           78     45  

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D               79     48  
Anna                              79     46  
Cahokia/Parks Arpt                80     42  
Carbondale                        78     43  
Carbondale/Southern IL Arpt       79     46  
Crawford County Arpt              77     40  
Effingham Co Arpt                 76     44  
Fairfield                         77     47  
Fairfield Municipal Arpt          78     46  
Grand Chain Dam                   78     49  
Harrisburg Arpt                   78     44  
Kaskaskia L&D                     80     41  
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt      76     45  
Millstadt                         76     46  
Mt Carmel Municipal Arpt          77     43  
Mt Vernon                         78     43  
Olney/Noble Arpt                  78     46  
Salem                             80     47  
Salem/Leckrone Arpt               80     44  
Smithland Dam                     79     48  
Sparta Community Arpt             80     42  

$$

               

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 Wed Oct 7 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    0.0     0    
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    
Elizabeth                        0.00    0.0     0    
Freeport                         0.00                 
Gladstone L&D 18                 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    
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                 
Park Forest                      0.00    0.0     0    
Peotone                          0.00    0.0     0    
Romeoville/NWS Chicago           0.00    0.0     0    
Steward                          0.00    0.0     0    
Stockton                         0.00    0.0     0    
Streator                         0.00    0.0     0    
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                0.00                 
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt       0.00                 
Woodstock 5NW                    0.00                 

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                            0.00    0.0     0    
Athens 4SW                       0.00                 
Bentley                          0.00                 
Bloomington Waterworks           0.00    0.0     0    
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt    0.00                 
Champaign/Willard Arpt           0.00                 
Coles County Arpt                0.00                 
Decatur Arpt                     0.00                 
Galesburg Water Plant            0.00                 
Jerseyville 2 SW                 0.00    0.0     0    
Knoxville                        0.00    0.0     0    
Lake Springfield                 0.00                 
Lincoln NWS                      0.00    0.0     0    
Lovington                        0.00                 
Mattoon                          0.00    0.0     0    
Medora                           0.00    0.0     0    
Minonk                           0.00    0.0     0    
Monmouth 4NW                     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 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                          0.00                 
Sidell 4N                        0.00                 
Springfield/Capital Arpt         0.00                 
Tuscola                          0.00    0.0     0    
White Hall 1 E                   0.00                 
Windsor                          0.00    0.0     0    
Yates City                       0.00                 

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D              0.00                 
Anna                             0.00                 
Carbondale                       0.00    0.0     0    
Carbondale/Southern IL Arpt      0.00                 
Centralia                        0.00                 
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    0.0     0    
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt     0.00                 
Medora                           0.00    0.0     0    
Millstadt                        0.00                 
Mt Vernon                        0.00                 
Neoga                            0.00    0.0     0    
Salem                            0.00                 
Smithland Dam                    0.00                 

$$
                 




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 Wed Oct 7 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    0.0     0    
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    
Elizabeth                        0.00    0.0     0    
Freeport                         0.00                 
Gladstone L&D 18                 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    
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                 
Park Forest                      0.00    0.0     0    
Peotone                          0.00    0.0     0    
Romeoville/NWS Chicago           0.00    0.0     0    
Steward                          0.00    0.0     0    
Stockton                         0.00    0.0     0    
Streator                         0.00    0.0     0    
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                0.00                 
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt       0.00                 
Woodstock 5NW                    0.00                 

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                            0.00    0.0     0    
Athens 4SW                       0.00                 
Bentley                          0.00                 
Bloomington Waterworks           0.00    0.0     0    
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt    0.00                 
Champaign/Willard Arpt           0.00                 
Coles County Arpt                0.00                 
Decatur Arpt                     0.00                 
Galesburg Water Plant            0.00                 
Jerseyville 2 SW                 0.00    0.0     0    
Knoxville                        0.00    0.0     0    
Lake Springfield                 0.00                 
Lincoln NWS                      0.00    0.0     0    
Lovington                        0.00                 
Mattoon                          0.00    0.0     0    
Medora                           0.00    0.0     0    
Minonk                           0.00    0.0     0    
Monmouth 4NW                     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 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                          0.00                 
Sidell 4N                        0.00                 
Springfield/Capital Arpt         0.00                 
Tuscola                          0.00    0.0     0    
White Hall 1 E                   0.00                 
Windsor                          0.00    0.0     0    
Yates City                       0.00                 

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D              0.00                 
Anna                             0.00                 
Carbondale                       0.00    0.0     0    
Carbondale/Southern IL Arpt      0.00                 
Centralia                        0.00                 
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    0.0     0    
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt     0.00                 
Medora                           0.00    0.0     0    
Millstadt                        0.00                 
Mt Vernon                        0.00                 
Neoga                            0.00    0.0     0    
Salem                            0.00                 
Smithland Dam                    0.00                 

$$

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 Wed Oct 7 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    0.0     0    
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    
Elizabeth                        0.00    0.0     0    
Freeport                         0.00                 
Gladstone L&D 18                 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    
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                 
Park Forest                      0.00    0.0     0    
Peotone                          0.00    0.0     0    
Romeoville/NWS Chicago           0.00    0.0     0    
Steward                          0.00    0.0     0    
Stockton                         0.00    0.0     0    
Streator                         0.00    0.0     0    
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                0.00                 
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt       0.00                 
Woodstock 5NW                    0.00                 

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                            0.00    0.0     0    
Athens 4SW                       0.00                 
Bentley                          0.00                 
Bloomington Waterworks           0.00    0.0     0    
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt    0.00                 
Champaign/Willard Arpt           0.00                 
Coles County Arpt                0.00                 
Decatur Arpt                     0.00                 
Galesburg Water Plant            0.00                 
Jerseyville 2 SW                 0.00    0.0     0    
Knoxville                        0.00    0.0     0    
Lake Springfield                 0.00                 
Lincoln NWS                      0.00    0.0     0    
Lovington                        0.00                 
Mattoon                          0.00    0.0     0    
Medora                           0.00    0.0     0    
Minonk                           0.00    0.0     0    
Monmouth 4NW                     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 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                          0.00                 
Sidell 4N                        0.00                 
Springfield/Capital Arpt         0.00                 
Tuscola                          0.00    0.0     0    
White Hall 1 E                   0.00                 
Windsor                          0.00    0.0     0    
Yates City                       0.00                 

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D              0.00                 
Anna                             0.00                 
Carbondale                       0.00    0.0     0    
Carbondale/Southern IL Arpt      0.00                 
Centralia                        0.00                 
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    0.0     0    
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt     0.00                 
Medora                           0.00    0.0     0    
Millstadt                        0.00                 
Mt Vernon                        0.00                 
Neoga                            0.00    0.0     0    
Salem                            0.00                 
Smithland Dam                    0.00                 

$$
             




 

 

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