Abingdon, IL Weather

Knox County2:17 PM CDT40.80°N, 90.40°WElevation 751 ft

Current conditions

Clear
72°
Clear
Feels like 71°
High 73°·Low 48°
WindSSW 5 mph
Humidity46%
Dew point50°
Pressure30.25 inHg
Visibility10.0 mi
Cloud cover23%
UV index4 Moderate
Sunrise7:20 AM
Sunset6:14 PM

Observed at Galesburg Municipal Airport · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • This Afternoon

    Sunny, with a high near 73. Southwest wind around 5 mph.

  • Tonight

    Mostly clear, with a low around 48. Northwest wind around 1 mph.

  • Thursday

    Sunny, with a high near 75. Wind around 0 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 51 min ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 73°
  2. 3 PM Sunny 73°
  3. 4 PM Sunny 73°
  4. 5 PM Sunny 72°
  5. 6 PM Clear 69°
  6. 7 PM Clear 65°
  7. 8 PM Mostly Clear 60°
  8. 9 PM Mostly Clear 57°
  9. 10 PM Mostly Clear 55°
  10. 11 PM Clear 54°
  11. Thu12 AM Clear 53°
  12. 1 AM Clear 52°
  13. 2 AM Mostly Clear 52°
  14. 3 AM Mostly Clear 51°
  15. 4 AM Mostly Clear 50°
  16. 5 AM Mostly Clear 50°
  17. 6 AM Sunny 49°
  18. 7 AM Sunny 48°
  19. 8 AM Sunny 50°
  20. 9 AM Sunny 55°
  21. 10 AM Sunny 62°
  22. 11 AM Sunny 67°
  23. 12 PM Sunny 70°
  24. 1 PM Sunny 73°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 21 Sunny Sunny48°73°
  2. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny49°75°
  3. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny50°75°
  4. SatOct 24 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny50°73°
  5. SunOct 25 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny50°76°
  6. MonOct 26 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny10%48°73°
  7. TueOct 27 Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers15%45°65°
  8. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy0.04 in48°69°
  9. ThuOct 29 Rain Rain0.41 in40°65°
  10. FriOct 30 Sunny Sunny36°59°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

50
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • WedModerate
  • ThuModerate
  • FriModerate

Rock Island-Moline, IL reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:20 AM
Sunset 6:14 PM
Daylight 10 h 53 min (−2 min 33 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 79% lit
Moonrise 3:54 PM Moonset 2:21 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low61° / 40°
Record high85° (1979)
Record low24° (1952)
Wettest1.33 in (1943)
Month to date4.20 in (normal 1.86 in)

Galesburg, records since 1896. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in ILX, issued 2 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Sunny mild days and cool nights persist across central and southeast Illinois through Sunday, with highs in the mid- upper 70s and lows in the 40s.

- A cold front moves across the region early next week, bringing prospects for light rain, followed by cooler temperatures.

Discussion

Issued at 1211 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

Surface ridge axis centered across the area provides quiet, clear conditions across central and southeast Illinois. Dry air and subsidence will continue to produce mainly clear skies and large diurnal temperature swings over the next several days.

Mid-level heights build across the Mississippi Valley Friday and this weekend as the surface high slips farther east. Models show strong consensus on establishing persistent southerly return flow. 850-hPa temperatures in the lower teens C, along with deeper mixing support afternoon highs around 80F on Sunday, around 15 degrees above climatological averages.

Medium-range deterministic solutions (ECMWF, ECMWF-AI, and GFS) and the ensemble suite diverge early next week regarding the progression of an upstream longwave trough and associated surface cold front. The deterministic GFS exhibits a faster frontal transit across central Illinois Monday evening with stronger pre-frontal 850-hPa flow (4050 kt). Conversely, the ECMWF and ECMWF-AI are roughly 6 to 12 hours slower, maintaining a broader frontal structure and tracking the primary boundary through the forecast area Tuesday. GEFS and ECMWF ensemble members favor this slower progression. Latest NBM run has lowered PoPs below mentionable levels, but this will likely change as the system develops. Behind the front, a shot of cooler air will move in, returning temperatures to more seasonable levels Tue-Wed.

Aviation

Issued at 1211 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

Another cycle of VFR conditions and light/variable winds with high pressure in control.

Ilx Watches

None.

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