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Forecast
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Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. Southeast wind around 6 mph.
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Sunday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. South wind around 3 mph.
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Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. South wind around 2 mph.
National Weather Service forecast updated 1 day ago.
Hourly
Hourly forecast- Now69°
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10-day forecast
Details- TonightOct 22Clear44°
- FriOct 23Sunny46°74°
- TodayOct 24Mostly Sunny46°73°
- SunOct 25Mostly Sunny47°76°
- MonOct 26Partly Sunny48°75°
- TueOct 27Partly Sunny48°73°
- WedOct 28Mostly Sunny48°74°
- ThuOct 29Mostly Sunny11%73°
- FriOct 30Partly cloudy42°56°
- SatOct 31Cloudy0.07 in41°62°
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
Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.
Forecast
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- MonModerate
Decatur, IL reporting area · 2 hrs ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.
Sun & moon
Almanac
MonthlyDecatur Ap, records since 2000. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).
Nearby
- Decatur 10 km
- Mattoon 54 km
- Lincoln 59 km
- Taylorville 44 km
- Clinton 43 km
- Pana 46 km
- Monticello 38 km
- Shelbyville 41 km
- Sullivan 30 km
- Tuscola 51 km
- Rochester 56 km
- Forsyth 19 km
Forecasters' discussion
From the National Weather Service office in ILX, issued 3 hrs ago
Key Messages
- No significant weather is anticipated across central Illinois over the next week.
Discussion
Issued at 212 PM CDT Sat Oct 24 2026
18z/1pm surface analysis shows a sprawling ridge of high pressure from Quebec to the Gulf Coast. Meanwhile a 992mb low is tracking across northern Manitoba with its trailing cold front extending southward into the Plains. Despite high clouds streaming across the region from the northwest, partial sunshine has heated the dry airmass quite efficiently this afternoon...resulting in current temperatures in the lower to middle 70s. As has been the case for the past several days, readings will quickly drop after sunset...with overnight lows ranging from the lower to middle 40s in the Wabash River Valley to around 50 degrees along/west of the Illinois River.
The Manitoba low will continue to track eastward over the next 24 hours, gradually pulling the cold front southward toward Illinois. However as the boundary becomes parallel with the upper flow, it will lose its southward momentum and remain well W/NW of the KILX CWA. As a result, the stretch of very warm and dry weather will continue through the middle of next week as highs routinely climb into the middle to upper 70s while overnight lows drop into the upper 40s and lower 50s.
A second short-wave trough and its associated surface low traversing southern Canada will push another cold front southward toward the region by the end of the week. With all 12z Oct 24 models showing a slight weakening of the upper ridge, it appears this boundary will drop a bit further south than the first. With GFS precipitable water values edging up to 1.25-1.50 immediately along/ahead of the approaching front, have added 20 PoPs for showers to the forecast Thursday and Thursday night along/north of a Macomb to Minonk line. The front will gradually dissipate and/or lift back northward on Friday, resulting in a return to warm/dry conditions across the board.
Aviation
Issued at 1219 PM CDT Sat Oct 24 2026
VFR conditions will prevail through the entire 18z TAF period. SCT-BKN mainly high clouds will stream across the sky, although a few passing clouds at around 12,000-15,000ft will be possible from time to time as well. Winds will be S/SE at less than 10kt.
Ilx Watches
None.
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