Weather Story

Central Illinois Forecast

Heat and Humidity Next Week

Calm and dry conditions will continue into the first part of the weekend with the next chance for rain and thunderstorms moving into the area on Sunday morning. Rain chances will stick around through mid week next week as heat begins to build back into the area, with heat indices over 100 degrees possible by Monday. Any afternoon thunderstorms next week would provide brief and isolated relief from the heat.

Hot weather looks to develop next week, especially Tuesday to Thursday when daily heat index should reach 100 to 110 each afternoon, with nighttime lowest heat index 70 to 75. Heat risk impacts generally look to be Moderate, affecting most individuals sensitive to heat, while some areas of Major impacts are forecast, affecting anyone without effective cooling or hydration.