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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 Apr 2 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                            42     37  
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt           42     36  
Barrington                               34  
Batavia                           41     36  
Chicago Midway Arpt               42     37  
Chicago Midway COOP               42     37  
Chicago O'Hare Arpt               40     36  
Coal City 4NNW                    44     38  
DeKalb Municipal Arpt             41     34  
DeKalb Northern IL Univ           42     34  
Dwight                            43     37  
Elgin                             40     35  
Elizabeth                         47     36  
Freeport                          44     34  
Freeport/Albertus Arpt            45     36  
Greater Kankakee Arpt             43     38  
Illinois City L&D 16              48     39  
Joliet Rgl Arpt                   45     38  
Kewanee                           43     37  
Lansing Municipal Arpt            42     37  
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt           50     39  
Morris                            44     38  
Morris Municipal Arpt             43     37  
Mount Carroll                     45     36  
New Boston L&D 17                 46     41  
Ottawa                            44     36  
Park Forest                       42     36  
Paw Paw                           40     34  
Peru/IL Valley Rgl Arpt           45     37  
Rochelle Municipal Arpt           44     36  
Romeoville/NWS Chicago            41     35  
Savanna/Tri-Township Arpt         47     36  
Schaumburg Rgl Arpt               40     35  
Sterling/Rock Falls Arpt          47     37  
Stockton                          46     35  
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                 37     33  
West Chicago/DuPage Arpt          40     35  
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt        39     35  

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                             44     38  
Avon                              45     38  
Bentley                           47     41  
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt     50     39  
Champaign/Willard Arpt            51     42  
Coles County Arpt                 62     45  
Danville/Vermilion Rgl Arpt       49     41  
Decatur Arpt                      59     43  
Edgar County Arpt                 54     45  
Galesburg Municipal Arpt          51     38  
Galesburg Water Plant             43     37  
Gladstone L&D 18                  47     45  
Jacksonville 2                    58     43  
Jacksonville 2E                   55     42  
Jerseyville 2 SW                         46  
Knoxville                         44     39  
La Harpe                          50     38  
Lacon/Marshall Co Arpt            48     37  
Lincoln NWS                       52     41  
Macomb Municipal Arpt             51     39  
Monmouth 4NW                      44     39  
Normal 4NE                        46     38  
Ogden                             48     42  
Pana                              64     46  
Peoria Intl Arpt                  48     38  
Pittsfield/Penstone Arpt          56     44  
Pontiac Municipal Arpt            44     38  
Quincy L&D 21                     52     46  
Rantoul Aviation Center           49     40  
Shelbyville Dam                   63     45  
Sidell 4N                         60     47  
Springfield/Capital Arpt          61     43  
Tuscola                           57     43  
White Hall 1 E                    64     43  
Windsor                           58     44  

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D               67     49  
Anna                              79     67  
Cahokia/Parks Arpt                73     50  
Carbondale                        74     63  
Carbondale/Southern IL Arpt       76     62  
Casey                             64     44  
Crawford County Arpt              67     52  
Effingham Co Arpt                 67     48  
Fairfield                         70     56  
Fairfield Municipal Arpt          71     56  
Grand Chain Dam                   80     65  
Harrisburg Arpt                   80     61  
Kaskaskia L&D                     70     55  
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt      68     58  
Millstadt                         65     49  
Mt Carmel Municipal Arpt          71     60  
Mt Vernon                         69     55  
Olney 2S                          66     64  
Olney/Noble Arpt                  70     54  
Robinson                          70     52  
Salem                             67     51  
Salem/Leckrone Arpt               73     53  
Sparta Community Arpt             70     52  

$$

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 Apr 2 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                            42     37  
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt           42     36  
Barrington                               34  
Batavia                           41     36  
Chicago Midway Arpt               42     37  
Chicago Midway COOP               42     37  
Chicago O'Hare Arpt               40     36  
Coal City 4NNW                    44     38  
DeKalb Municipal Arpt             41     34  
DeKalb Northern IL Univ           42     34  
Dwight                            43     37  
Elgin                             40     35  
Elizabeth                         47     36  
Freeport                          44     34  
Freeport/Albertus Arpt            45     36  
Greater Kankakee Arpt             43     38  
Illinois City L&D 16              48     39  
Joliet Rgl Arpt                   45     38  
Kewanee                           43     37  
Lansing Municipal Arpt            42     37  
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt           50     39  
Morris                            44     38  
Morris Municipal Arpt             43     37  
Mount Carroll                     45     36  
New Boston L&D 17                 46     41  
Ottawa                            44     36  
Park Forest                       42     36  
Paw Paw                           40     34  
Peru/IL Valley Rgl Arpt           45     37  
Rochelle Municipal Arpt           44     36  
Romeoville/NWS Chicago            41     35  
Savanna/Tri-Township Arpt         47     36  
Schaumburg Rgl Arpt               40     35  
Sterling/Rock Falls Arpt          47     37  
Stockton                          46     35  
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                 37     33  
West Chicago/DuPage Arpt          40     35  
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt        39     35  

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                             44     38  
Avon                              45     38  
Bentley                           47     41  
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt     50     39  
Champaign/Willard Arpt            51     42  
Coles County Arpt                 62     45  
Danville/Vermilion Rgl Arpt       49     41  
Decatur Arpt                      59     43  
Edgar County Arpt                 54     45  
Galesburg Municipal Arpt          51     38  
Galesburg Water Plant             43     37  
Gladstone L&D 18                  47     45  
Jacksonville 2                    58     43  
Jacksonville 2E                   55     42  
Jerseyville 2 SW                         46  
Knoxville                         44     39  
La Harpe                          50     38  
Lacon/Marshall Co Arpt            48     37  
Lincoln NWS                       52     41  
Macomb Municipal Arpt             51     39  
Monmouth 4NW                      44     39  
Normal 4NE                        46     38  
Ogden                             48     42  
Pana                              64     46  
Peoria Intl Arpt                  48     38  
Pittsfield/Penstone Arpt          56     44  
Pontiac Municipal Arpt            44     38  
Quincy L&D 21                     52     46  
Rantoul Aviation Center           49     40  
Shelbyville Dam                   63     45  
Sidell 4N                         60     47  
Springfield/Capital Arpt          61     43  
Tuscola                           57     43  
White Hall 1 E                    64     43  
Windsor                           58     44  

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D               67     49  
Anna                              79     67  
Cahokia/Parks Arpt                73     50  
Carbondale                        74     63  
Carbondale/Southern IL Arpt       76     62  
Casey                             64     44  
Crawford County Arpt              67     52  
Effingham Co Arpt                 67     48  
Fairfield                         70     56  
Fairfield Municipal Arpt          71     56  
Grand Chain Dam                   80     65  
Harrisburg Arpt                   80     61  
Kaskaskia L&D                     70     55  
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt      68     58  
Millstadt                         65     49  
Mt Carmel Municipal Arpt          71     60  
Mt Vernon                         69     55  
Olney 2S                          66     64  
Olney/Noble Arpt                  70     54  
Robinson                          70     52  
Salem                             67     51  
Salem/Leckrone Arpt               73     53  
Sparta Community Arpt             70     52  

$$

               

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 Apr 2 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                           0.27    0.0     0    
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt          1.15                 
Batavia                          1.02    0.0     0    
Bourbonnais                      0.35    0.0     0    
Chatsworth                         T     0.0     0    
Chicago Midway Arpt              0.16                 
Chicago O'Hare Arpt              0.62                 
Coal City 4NNW                   0.20    0.0     0    
DeKalb Northern IL Univ          1.71    0.0     0    
Dwight                           0.29    0.0     0    
Elgin                            1.15    0.0     0    
Elizabeth                        0.65    0.0     0    
Freeport                         0.42    0.0     0    
Genoa                            1.27    0.0     0    
Hebron                           0.55    0.0     0    
Illinois City L&D 16             1.00    0.0     0    
Joliet 2N                        0.43    0.0     0    
Kewanee                          1.50    0.0     0    
Lake Zurich                      1.19    0.0     0    
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt          0.78                 
Morris                           0.36    0.0     0    
Mount Carroll                    0.67                 
New Boston L&D 17                0.95                 
Ottawa                           0.85                 
Park Forest                      0.25                 
Paw Paw                          1.58    0.0     0    
Peotone                          0.21    0.0     0    
Romeoville/NWS Chicago           0.48    0.0     0    
Steward                                  0.0     0    
Stockton                         0.49    0.0     0    
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                1.01                 
West Chicago/DuPage Arpt         1.12                 
Westmont                         0.58                 
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt       0.98                 
Willow Springs                   0.35                 

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                            0.92    0.0     0    
Augusta                          1.13    0.0     0    
Avon                             0.84    0.0     0    
Bentley                          1.87                 
Bloomington Waterworks           0.19    0.0     0    
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt    0.18                 
Buffalo                          0.18    0.0     0    
Champaign/Willard Arpt           0.41                 
Cisco                            0.49    0.0     0    
Coles County Arpt                0.18                 
Decatur Arpt                     0.32                 
Fisher                           0.30                 
Galesburg Water Plant            1.28                 
Gladstone L&D 18                 1.13    0.0     0    
Havana                           0.27                 
Jacksonville 2                   0.19    0.0     0    
Jacksonville 2E                  0.21    0.0     0    
Jerseyville 2 SW                 0.49    0.0     0    
Knoxville                        1.16    0.0     0    
La Harpe                         1.70                 
Lake Springfield                 0.08                 
Lincoln NWS                      0.19            0    
Lovington                        0.29                 
Macomb                           1.26    0.0     0    
Mattoon                          0.15    0.0     0    
Monmouth 4NW                     1.25                 
Morton                           0.19    0.0     0    
Mount Olive 1 E                  0.36                 
Mount Pulaski                    0.14    0.0     0    
Moweaqua 2S                      0.37                 
Normal 4NE                       0.67    0.0     0    
Ogden                            0.85    0.0     0    
Pana                             0.18    0.0     0    
Peoria Intl Arpt                 0.54                 
Quincy L&D 21                    1.11    0.0     0    
Rantoul                          0.36                 
Roanoke                          0.31                 
Shelbyville Dam                  0.17    0.0     0    
Sherman                          0.16                 
Sidell 4N                        0.15    0.0     0    
Springfield/Capital Arpt         0.13                 
Tuscola                          0.20    0.0     0    
White Hall 1 E                   0.24                 
Windsor                          0.20    0.0     0    
Yates City                       1.38                 

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D              0.53                 
Anna                             0.00                 
Beecher City                     0.16    0.0     0    
Cahokia/Parks Arpt               0.65                 
Carbondale                       0.08    0.0     0    
Casey                            0.18    0.0     0    
Clay City 6SSE                   0.30    0.0     0    
Edwardsville 2 W                 0.39                 
Fairfield                        0.17    0.0     0    
Grand Chain Dam                  0.00    0.0     0    
Highland                         0.38    0.0     0    
Kaskaskia L&D                    0.00    0.0     0    
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt     0.15                 
Millstadt                        0.85                 
Mt Vernon                        0.03                 
Neoga                            0.18    0.0     0    
Olney 2S                         0.09    0.0     0    
Robinson                           T                  
Salem                            0.41                 
Smithland Dam                    0.02    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 Apr 2 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                           0.27    0.0     0    
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt          1.15                 
Batavia                          1.02    0.0     0    
Bourbonnais                      0.35    0.0     0    
Chatsworth                         T     0.0     0    
Chicago Midway Arpt              0.16                 
Chicago O'Hare Arpt              0.62                 
Coal City 4NNW                   0.20    0.0     0    
DeKalb Northern IL Univ          1.71    0.0     0    
Dwight                           0.29    0.0     0    
Elgin                            1.15    0.0     0    
Elizabeth                        0.65    0.0     0    
Freeport                         0.42    0.0     0    
Genoa                            1.27    0.0     0    
Hebron                           0.55    0.0     0    
Illinois City L&D 16             1.00    0.0     0    
Joliet 2N                        0.43    0.0     0    
Kewanee                          1.50    0.0     0    
Lake Zurich                      1.19    0.0     0    
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt          0.78                 
Morris                           0.36    0.0     0    
Mount Carroll                    0.67                 
New Boston L&D 17                0.95                 
Ottawa                           0.85                 
Park Forest                      0.25                 
Paw Paw                          1.58    0.0     0    
Peotone                          0.21    0.0     0    
Romeoville/NWS Chicago           0.48    0.0     0    
Steward                                  0.0     0    
Stockton                         0.49    0.0     0    
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                1.01                 
West Chicago/DuPage Arpt         1.12                 
Westmont                         0.58                 
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt       0.98                 
Willow Springs                   0.35                 

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                            0.92    0.0     0    
Augusta                          1.13    0.0     0    
Avon                             0.84    0.0     0    
Bentley                          1.87                 
Bloomington Waterworks           0.19    0.0     0    
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt    0.18                 
Buffalo                          0.18    0.0     0    
Champaign/Willard Arpt           0.41                 
Cisco                            0.49    0.0     0    
Coles County Arpt                0.18                 
Decatur Arpt                     0.32                 
Fisher                           0.30                 
Galesburg Water Plant            1.28                 
Gladstone L&D 18                 1.13    0.0     0    
Havana                           0.27                 
Jacksonville 2                   0.19    0.0     0    
Jacksonville 2E                  0.21    0.0     0    
Jerseyville 2 SW                 0.49    0.0     0    
Knoxville                        1.16    0.0     0    
La Harpe                         1.70                 
Lake Springfield                 0.08                 
Lincoln NWS                      0.19            0    
Lovington                        0.29                 
Macomb                           1.26    0.0     0    
Mattoon                          0.15    0.0     0    
Monmouth 4NW                     1.25                 
Morton                           0.19    0.0     0    
Mount Olive 1 E                  0.36                 
Mount Pulaski                    0.14    0.0     0    
Moweaqua 2S                      0.37                 
Normal 4NE                       0.67    0.0     0    
Ogden                            0.85    0.0     0    
Pana                             0.18    0.0     0    
Peoria Intl Arpt                 0.54                 
Quincy L&D 21                    1.11    0.0     0    
Rantoul                          0.36                 
Roanoke                          0.31                 
Shelbyville Dam                  0.17    0.0     0    
Sherman                          0.16                 
Sidell 4N                        0.15    0.0     0    
Springfield/Capital Arpt         0.13                 
Tuscola                          0.20    0.0     0    
White Hall 1 E                   0.24                 
Windsor                          0.20    0.0     0    
Yates City                       1.38                 

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D              0.53                 
Anna                             0.00                 
Beecher City                     0.16    0.0     0    
Cahokia/Parks Arpt               0.65                 
Carbondale                       0.08    0.0     0    
Casey                            0.18    0.0     0    
Clay City 6SSE                   0.30    0.0     0    
Edwardsville 2 W                 0.39                 
Fairfield                        0.17    0.0     0    
Grand Chain Dam                  0.00    0.0     0    
Highland                         0.38    0.0     0    
Kaskaskia L&D                    0.00    0.0     0    
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt     0.15                 
Millstadt                        0.85                 
Mt Vernon                        0.03                 
Neoga                            0.18    0.0     0    
Olney 2S                         0.09    0.0     0    
Robinson                           T                  
Salem                            0.41                 
Smithland Dam                    0.02    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 Apr 2 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                           0.27    0.0     0    
Aurora/Sugar Grove Arpt          1.15                 
Batavia                          1.02    0.0     0    
Bourbonnais                      0.35    0.0     0    
Chatsworth                         T     0.0     0    
Chicago Midway Arpt              0.16                 
Chicago O'Hare Arpt              0.62                 
Coal City 4NNW                   0.20    0.0     0    
DeKalb Northern IL Univ          1.71    0.0     0    
Dwight                           0.29    0.0     0    
Elgin                            1.15    0.0     0    
Elizabeth                        0.65    0.0     0    
Freeport                         0.42    0.0     0    
Genoa                            1.27    0.0     0    
Hebron                           0.55    0.0     0    
Illinois City L&D 16             1.00    0.0     0    
Joliet 2N                        0.43    0.0     0    
Kewanee                          1.50    0.0     0    
Lake Zurich                      1.19    0.0     0    
Moline/Quad Cities Arpt          0.78                 
Morris                           0.36    0.0     0    
Mount Carroll                    0.67                 
New Boston L&D 17                0.95                 
Ottawa                           0.85                 
Park Forest                      0.25                 
Paw Paw                          1.58    0.0     0    
Peotone                          0.21    0.0     0    
Romeoville/NWS Chicago           0.48    0.0     0    
Steward                                  0.0     0    
Stockton                         0.49    0.0     0    
Waukegan Rgl Arpt                1.01                 
West Chicago/DuPage Arpt         1.12                 
Westmont                         0.58                 
Wheeling/Chicago Exec Arpt       0.98                 
Willow Springs                   0.35                 

...CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
Aledo                            0.92    0.0     0    
Augusta                          1.13    0.0     0    
Avon                             0.84    0.0     0    
Bentley                          1.87                 
Bloomington Waterworks           0.19    0.0     0    
Bloomington/Cntrl IL Rgl Arpt    0.18                 
Buffalo                          0.18    0.0     0    
Champaign/Willard Arpt           0.41                 
Cisco                            0.49    0.0     0    
Coles County Arpt                0.18                 
Decatur Arpt                     0.32                 
Fisher                           0.30                 
Galesburg Water Plant            1.28                 
Gladstone L&D 18                 1.13    0.0     0    
Havana                           0.27                 
Jacksonville 2                   0.19    0.0     0    
Jacksonville 2E                  0.21    0.0     0    
Jerseyville 2 SW                 0.49    0.0     0    
Knoxville                        1.16    0.0     0    
La Harpe                         1.70                 
Lake Springfield                 0.08                 
Lincoln NWS                      0.19            0    
Lovington                        0.29                 
Macomb                           1.26    0.0     0    
Mattoon                          0.15    0.0     0    
Monmouth 4NW                     1.25                 
Morton                           0.19    0.0     0    
Mount Olive 1 E                  0.36                 
Mount Pulaski                    0.14    0.0     0    
Moweaqua 2S                      0.37                 
Normal 4NE                       0.67    0.0     0    
Ogden                            0.85    0.0     0    
Pana                             0.18    0.0     0    
Peoria Intl Arpt                 0.54                 
Quincy L&D 21                    1.11    0.0     0    
Rantoul                          0.36                 
Roanoke                          0.31                 
Shelbyville Dam                  0.17    0.0     0    
Sherman                          0.16                 
Sidell 4N                        0.15    0.0     0    
Springfield/Capital Arpt         0.13                 
Tuscola                          0.20    0.0     0    
White Hall 1 E                   0.24                 
Windsor                          0.20    0.0     0    
Yates City                       1.38                 

...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
Alton/Mel Price L&D              0.53                 
Anna                             0.00                 
Beecher City                     0.16    0.0     0    
Cahokia/Parks Arpt               0.65                 
Carbondale                       0.08    0.0     0    
Casey                            0.18    0.0     0    
Clay City 6SSE                   0.30    0.0     0    
Edwardsville 2 W                 0.39                 
Fairfield                        0.17    0.0     0    
Grand Chain Dam                  0.00    0.0     0    
Highland                         0.38    0.0     0    
Kaskaskia L&D                    0.00    0.0     0    
Lawrenceville/Vincennes Arpt     0.15                 
Millstadt                        0.85                 
Mt Vernon                        0.03                 
Neoga                            0.18    0.0     0    
Olney 2S                         0.09    0.0     0    
Robinson                           T                  
Salem                            0.41                 
Smithland Dam                    0.02    0.0     0    

$$
             




 

 

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