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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
 
925 AM CDT Thu Aug 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                            81     69  
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt           81     65  
Barrington                        79     65  
Batavia                           83     68  
Chicago Midway Arpt               83     69  
Chicago O'Hare Arpt               82     69  
Coal City 4NNW                    83     69  
DeKalb Municipal Arpt             81     65  
DeKalb Northern IL Univ           81     66  
Elgin                             81     67  
Freeport                          78     63  
Freeport/Albertus Arpt            78     62  
Gladstone L&D 18                  90     66  
Greater Kankakee Arpt             85     65  
Illinois City L&D 16              72     66  
Joliet Rgl Arpt                   84     70  
Kankakee                                 69  
Kewanee                           76     67  
Lansing Municipal Arpt            83     67  
Lisle Morton Arboretum            82     66  
Marseilles                               70  
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt           76     69  
Morris                            82     70  
Mount Carroll                     77     63  
New Boston L&D 17                 75     68  
Ottawa                            81     67  
Park Forest                       83     68  
Peru/IL Valley Rgl Arpt           81     70  
Rochelle Municipal Arpt           80     64  
Romeoville/NWS Chicago            81     68  
Savanna/Tri-Township Arpt         76     64  
Schaumburg Rgl Arpt               82     68  
Sterling/Rock Falls Arpt          81     67  
Stockton                          74     61  
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                 78     63  
West Chicago/DuPage Arpt          81     66  
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt        82     66  

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                             73     67  
Avon                              77     65  
Bentley                           79     68  
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt     85     67  
Champaign 3S                      86     69  
Champaign/Willard Arpt            84     62  
Coles County Arpt                 85     65  
Danville/Vermilion Rgl Arpt       85     63  
Decatur Arpt                      85     67  
Edgar County Arpt                 85     60  
Galesburg Municipal Arpt          74     66  
Galesburg Water Plant             75     66  
Jacksonville Municipal Arpt       80     68  
Jerseyville 2 SW                  84     68  
Knoxville                         75     67  
La Harpe                          69     66  
Lacon/Marshall Co Arpt            82     68  
Lincoln NWS                       85     65  
Macomb Municipal Arpt             76     66  
Monmouth 4NW                      74     67  
Normal 4NE                        87     67  
Ogden                             90     63  
Pana                              87     66  
Paris                             85     64  
Peoria Intl Arpt                  81     67  
Pontiac Municipal Arpt            84     67  
Quincy L&D 21                     95     67  
Quincy Rgl Arpt                   76     69  
Rantoul Aviation Center           84     66  
Shelbyville Dam                   87     67  
Sidell 4N                         86     70  
Springfield/Capital Arpt          83     67  
Tuscola                           84     68  
White Hall 1 E                    79     67  
Windsor                           86     66  

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D               81     70  
Anna                              86     64  
Cahokia/Parks Arpt                88     66  
Carbondale                        86     64  
Casey                             90     65  
Crawford County Arpt              86     58  
Effingham Co Arpt                 86     63  
Fairfield Municipal Arpt          86     60  
Grand Chain Dam                   88     68  
Harrisburg Arpt                   86     60  
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt      85     61  
Millstadt                         85     66  
Mt Carmel Municipal Arpt          88     59  
Mt Vernon                         88     62  
Olney/Noble Arpt                  87     60  
Robinson                          87     66  
Salem                             89     66  
Salem/Leckrone Arpt               87     63  
Smithland Dam                     88     65  

$$

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 Thu Aug 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                            81     69  
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt           81     65  
Barrington                        79     65  
Batavia                           83     68  
Chicago Midway Arpt               83     69  
Chicago O'Hare Arpt               82     69  
Coal City 4NNW                    83     69  
DeKalb Municipal Arpt             81     65  
DeKalb Northern IL Univ           81     66  
Elgin                             81     67  
Freeport                          78     63  
Freeport/Albertus Arpt            78     62  
Gladstone L&D 18                  90     66  
Greater Kankakee Arpt             85     65  
Illinois City L&D 16              72     66  
Joliet Rgl Arpt                   84     70  
Kankakee                                 69  
Kewanee                           76     67  
Lansing Municipal Arpt            83     67  
Lisle Morton Arboretum            82     66  
Marseilles                               70  
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt           76     69  
Morris                            82     70  
Mount Carroll                     77     63  
New Boston L&D 17                 75     68  
Ottawa                            81     67  
Park Forest                       83     68  
Peru/IL Valley Rgl Arpt           81     70  
Rochelle Municipal Arpt           80     64  
Romeoville/NWS Chicago            81     68  
Savanna/Tri-Township Arpt         76     64  
Schaumburg Rgl Arpt               82     68  
Sterling/Rock Falls Arpt          81     67  
Stockton                          74     61  
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                 78     63  
West Chicago/DuPage Arpt          81     66  
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt        82     66  

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                             73     67  
Avon                              77     65  
Bentley                           79     68  
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt     85     67  
Champaign 3S                      86     69  
Champaign/Willard Arpt            84     62  
Coles County Arpt                 85     65  
Danville/Vermilion Rgl Arpt       85     63  
Decatur Arpt                      85     67  
Edgar County Arpt                 85     60  
Galesburg Municipal Arpt          74     66  
Galesburg Water Plant             75     66  
Jacksonville Municipal Arpt       80     68  
Jerseyville 2 SW                  84     68  
Knoxville                         75     67  
La Harpe                          69     66  
Lacon/Marshall Co Arpt            82     68  
Lincoln NWS                       85     65  
Macomb Municipal Arpt             76     66  
Monmouth 4NW                      74     67  
Normal 4NE                        87     67  
Ogden                             90     63  
Pana                              87     66  
Paris                             85     64  
Peoria Intl Arpt                  81     67  
Pontiac Municipal Arpt            84     67  
Quincy L&D 21                     95     67  
Quincy Rgl Arpt                   76     69  
Rantoul Aviation Center           84     66  
Shelbyville Dam                   87     67  
Sidell 4N                         86     70  
Springfield/Capital Arpt          83     67  
Tuscola                           84     68  
White Hall 1 E                    79     67  
Windsor                           86     66  

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D               81     70  
Anna                              86     64  
Cahokia/Parks Arpt                88     66  
Carbondale                        86     64  
Casey                             90     65  
Crawford County Arpt              86     58  
Effingham Co Arpt                 86     63  
Fairfield Municipal Arpt          86     60  
Grand Chain Dam                   88     68  
Harrisburg Arpt                   86     60  
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt      85     61  
Millstadt                         85     66  
Mt Carmel Municipal Arpt          88     59  
Mt Vernon                         88     62  
Olney/Noble Arpt                  87     60  
Robinson                          87     66  
Salem                             89     66  
Salem/Leckrone Arpt               87     63  
Smithland Dam                     88     65  

$$

               

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

920 AM CDT Thu Aug 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                           0.05                 
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt          0.01                 
Barrington                       0.03                 
Batavia                            T     0.0     0    
Bourbonnais                      0.77    0.0     0    
Chicago Midway Arpt              0.16                 
Chicago O'Hare Arpt              0.01                 
Coal City 4NNW                   0.30    0.0     0    
DeKalb Northern IL Univ          0.02    0.0     0    
Earlville 3S                     0.02    0.0     0    
Elgin                            0.00    0.0     0    
Freeport                           T     0.0     0    
Gladstone L&D 18                 0.42                 
Hebron                           0.03    0.0     0    
Illinois City L&D 16             0.45                 
Joliet 2N                        0.05                 
Kankakee                         1.34                 
Kewanee                          0.22    0.0     0    
Lansing                          0.15    0.0     0    
Lisle Morton Arboretum           0.08    0.0     0    
Manhattan                        0.13    0.0     0    
Marseilles                       0.00                 
Mendota                          0.03                 
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt          0.20                 
Morris                           0.02    0.0     0    
Mount Carroll                    0.03                 
New Boston L&D 17                0.47                 
Oregon                           0.02                 
Ottawa                           0.02                 
Park Forest                      0.53    0.0     0    
Romeoville/NWS Chicago           0.16    0.0     0    
Steward                          0.13    0.0     0    
Stockton                         0.00    0.0     0    
Watseka                          0.20    0.0     0    
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                0.10                 
West Chicago/DuPage Arpt         0.00                 
Westmont                         0.05                 
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt       0.00                 
Woodstock 5NW                    0.00                 

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                            0.37    0.0     0    
Athens 4SW                       0.08                 
Augusta                          0.54    0.0     0    
Avon                                     0.0     0    
Bentley                          0.64                 
Bloomington Waterworks           0.10    0.0     0    
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt    0.11                 
Buffalo                          0.02    0.0     0    
Champaign 3S                     0.01    0.0     0    
Champaign/Willard Arpt           0.00                 
Clinton 1SSW                     0.03                 
Coles County Arpt                0.00                 
Decatur Arpt                     0.01                 
Galesburg Water Plant            0.28                 
Jerseyville 2 SW                 0.28    0.0     0    
Knoxville                        0.38    0.0     0    
La Harpe                         1.12                 
Lake Springfield                 0.06                 
Lincoln NWS                      0.08    0.0     0    
Lovington                        0.06                 
Mattoon                          1.00    0.0     0    
Medora                           0.31    0.0     0    
Monmouth 4NW                     0.34                 
Morton                           0.11    0.0     0    
Mount Pulaski                      T     0.0     0    
Moweaqua 2S                      0.04                 
Normal 4NE                       0.10    0.0     0    
Ogden                            0.01    0.0     0    
Pana                             0.11                 
Paris                            0.19    0.0     0    
Peoria 5NW                       0.44    0.0     0    
Peoria Intl Arpt                 0.24                 
Quincy L&D 21                    0.40                 
Quincy Rgl Arpt                  0.43                 
Rantoul                          0.00                 
Roanoke                          0.25    0.0     0    
Shelbyville Dam                  0.00    0.0     0    
Sherman                          0.15                 
Sidell 4N                        0.07                 
Springfield/Capital Arpt         0.00                 
Tuscola                            T     0.0     0    
White Hall 1 E                   0.38                 
Windsor                          0.00    0.0     0    
Yates City                       0.63                 

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D              0.00                 
Anna                             0.00                 
Beecher City                     0.04    0.0     0    
Cahokia/Parks Arpt               1.29                 
Carbondale                       0.00    0.0     0    
Casey                            0.00    0.0     0    
Centralia                        0.35                 
Edwardsville 2 W                 0.28                 
Effingham Water Plant            0.00                 
Grand Chain Dam                  0.00                 
Hutsonville                        T     0.0     0    
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt     0.00                 
Medora                           0.31    0.0     0    
Millstadt                        0.65                 
Mt Vernon                        0.00                 
Neoga                            0.00    0.0     0    
Robinson                         0.00                 
Salem                              T                  
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 Thu Aug 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                           0.05                 
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt          0.01                 
Barrington                       0.03                 
Batavia                            T     0.0     0    
Bourbonnais                      0.77    0.0     0    
Chicago Midway Arpt              0.16                 
Chicago O'Hare Arpt              0.01                 
Coal City 4NNW                   0.30    0.0     0    
DeKalb Northern IL Univ          0.02    0.0     0    
Earlville 3S                     0.02    0.0     0    
Elgin                            0.00    0.0     0    
Freeport                           T     0.0     0    
Gladstone L&D 18                 0.42                 
Hebron                           0.03    0.0     0    
Illinois City L&D 16             0.45                 
Joliet 2N                        0.05                 
Kankakee                         1.34                 
Kewanee                          0.22    0.0     0    
Lansing                          0.15    0.0     0    
Lisle Morton Arboretum           0.08    0.0     0    
Manhattan                        0.13    0.0     0    
Marseilles                       0.00                 
Mendota                          0.03                 
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt          0.20                 
Morris                           0.02    0.0     0    
Mount Carroll                    0.03                 
New Boston L&D 17                0.47                 
Oregon                           0.02                 
Ottawa                           0.02                 
Park Forest                      0.53    0.0     0    
Romeoville/NWS Chicago           0.16    0.0     0    
Steward                          0.13    0.0     0    
Stockton                         0.00    0.0     0    
Watseka                          0.20    0.0     0    
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                0.10                 
West Chicago/DuPage Arpt         0.00                 
Westmont                         0.05                 
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt       0.00                 
Woodstock 5NW                    0.00                 

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                            0.37    0.0     0    
Athens 4SW                       0.08                 
Augusta                          0.54    0.0     0    
Avon                                     0.0     0    
Bentley                          0.64                 
Bloomington Waterworks           0.10    0.0     0    
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt    0.11                 
Buffalo                          0.02    0.0     0    
Champaign 3S                     0.01    0.0     0    
Champaign/Willard Arpt           0.00                 
Clinton 1SSW                     0.03                 
Coles County Arpt                0.00                 
Decatur Arpt                     0.01                 
Galesburg Water Plant            0.28                 
Jerseyville 2 SW                 0.28    0.0     0    
Knoxville                        0.38    0.0     0    
La Harpe                         1.12                 
Lake Springfield                 0.06                 
Lincoln NWS                      0.08    0.0     0    
Lovington                        0.06                 
Mattoon                          1.00    0.0     0    
Medora                           0.31    0.0     0    
Monmouth 4NW                     0.34                 
Morton                           0.11    0.0     0    
Mount Pulaski                      T     0.0     0    
Moweaqua 2S                      0.04                 
Normal 4NE                       0.10    0.0     0    
Ogden                            0.01    0.0     0    
Pana                             0.11                 
Paris                            0.19    0.0     0    
Peoria 5NW                       0.44    0.0     0    
Peoria Intl Arpt                 0.24                 
Quincy L&D 21                    0.40                 
Quincy Rgl Arpt                  0.43                 
Rantoul                          0.00                 
Roanoke                          0.25    0.0     0    
Shelbyville Dam                  0.00    0.0     0    
Sherman                          0.15                 
Sidell 4N                        0.07                 
Springfield/Capital Arpt         0.00                 
Tuscola                            T     0.0     0    
White Hall 1 E                   0.38                 
Windsor                          0.00    0.0     0    
Yates City                       0.63                 

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D              0.00                 
Anna                             0.00                 
Beecher City                     0.04    0.0     0    
Cahokia/Parks Arpt               1.29                 
Carbondale                       0.00    0.0     0    
Casey                            0.00    0.0     0    
Centralia                        0.35                 
Edwardsville 2 W                 0.28                 
Effingham Water Plant            0.00                 
Grand Chain Dam                  0.00                 
Hutsonville                        T     0.0     0    
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt     0.00                 
Medora                           0.31    0.0     0    
Millstadt                        0.65                 
Mt Vernon                        0.00                 
Neoga                            0.00    0.0     0    
Robinson                         0.00                 
Salem                              T                  
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 Thu Aug 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                           0.05                 
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt          0.01                 
Barrington                       0.03                 
Batavia                            T     0.0     0    
Bourbonnais                      0.77    0.0     0    
Chicago Midway Arpt              0.16                 
Chicago O'Hare Arpt              0.01                 
Coal City 4NNW                   0.30    0.0     0    
DeKalb Northern IL Univ          0.02    0.0     0    
Earlville 3S                     0.02    0.0     0    
Elgin                            0.00    0.0     0    
Freeport                           T     0.0     0    
Gladstone L&D 18                 0.42                 
Hebron                           0.03    0.0     0    
Illinois City L&D 16             0.45                 
Joliet 2N                        0.05                 
Kankakee                         1.34                 
Kewanee                          0.22    0.0     0    
Lansing                          0.15    0.0     0    
Lisle Morton Arboretum           0.08    0.0     0    
Manhattan                        0.13    0.0     0    
Marseilles                       0.00                 
Mendota                          0.03                 
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt          0.20                 
Morris                           0.02    0.0     0    
Mount Carroll                    0.03                 
New Boston L&D 17                0.47                 
Oregon                           0.02                 
Ottawa                           0.02                 
Park Forest                      0.53    0.0     0    
Romeoville/NWS Chicago           0.16    0.0     0    
Steward                          0.13    0.0     0    
Stockton                         0.00    0.0     0    
Watseka                          0.20    0.0     0    
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                0.10                 
West Chicago/DuPage Arpt         0.00                 
Westmont                         0.05                 
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt       0.00                 
Woodstock 5NW                    0.00                 

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                            0.37    0.0     0    
Athens 4SW                       0.08                 
Augusta                          0.54    0.0     0    
Avon                                     0.0     0    
Bentley                          0.64                 
Bloomington Waterworks           0.10    0.0     0    
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt    0.11                 
Buffalo                          0.02    0.0     0    
Champaign 3S                     0.01    0.0     0    
Champaign/Willard Arpt           0.00                 
Clinton 1SSW                     0.03                 
Coles County Arpt                0.00                 
Decatur Arpt                     0.01                 
Galesburg Water Plant            0.28                 
Jerseyville 2 SW                 0.28    0.0     0    
Knoxville                        0.38    0.0     0    
La Harpe                         1.12                 
Lake Springfield                 0.06                 
Lincoln NWS                      0.08    0.0     0    
Lovington                        0.06                 
Mattoon                          1.00    0.0     0    
Medora                           0.31    0.0     0    
Monmouth 4NW                     0.34                 
Morton                           0.11    0.0     0    
Mount Pulaski                      T     0.0     0    
Moweaqua 2S                      0.04                 
Normal 4NE                       0.10    0.0     0    
Ogden                            0.01    0.0     0    
Pana                             0.11                 
Paris                            0.19    0.0     0    
Peoria 5NW                       0.44    0.0     0    
Peoria Intl Arpt                 0.24                 
Quincy L&D 21                    0.40                 
Quincy Rgl Arpt                  0.43                 
Rantoul                          0.00                 
Roanoke                          0.25    0.0     0    
Shelbyville Dam                  0.00    0.0     0    
Sherman                          0.15                 
Sidell 4N                        0.07                 
Springfield/Capital Arpt         0.00                 
Tuscola                            T     0.0     0    
White Hall 1 E                   0.38                 
Windsor                          0.00    0.0     0    
Yates City                       0.63                 

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D              0.00                 
Anna                             0.00                 
Beecher City                     0.04    0.0     0    
Cahokia/Parks Arpt               1.29                 
Carbondale                       0.00    0.0     0    
Casey                            0.00    0.0     0    
Centralia                        0.35                 
Edwardsville 2 W                 0.28                 
Effingham Water Plant            0.00                 
Grand Chain Dam                  0.00                 
Hutsonville                        T     0.0     0    
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt     0.00                 
Medora                           0.31    0.0     0    
Millstadt                        0.65                 
Mt Vernon                        0.00                 
Neoga                            0.00    0.0     0    
Robinson                         0.00                 
Salem                              T                  
Smithland Dam                    0.00    0.0     0    

$$
             




 

 

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