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Elgin, Illinois weather · now

66°

Cloudy

High / Low
76° / 62°
Wind
17 mph NNE
Humidity
88%
No precipitation expected in the next 1.6 hours.
ModerateAir quality PollenTreeLowGrassHighWeedNone
Sun 5:19 AM 8:32 PM 15h 13m
Moon Waxing Gibbous 93% lit

Current weather and 7-day forecast for Elgin, Illinois, sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Expect mostly sunny today. Today's high is 76° with a low near 62°.

What to wear today

T-shirt and shorts weather

76°F today — easy summer dressing.

Next 24 hours

55° 70° 80° ↑ 76° ↓ 62° 8 AM 11 AM 2 PM 5 PM 8 PM 11 PM 2 AM 5 AM

  1. 8 AM

    64°

    7%

  2. 10 AM

    71°

    7%

  3. 12 PM

    74°

    6%

  4. 2 PM

    76°

    2%

  5. 4 PM

    76°

    1%

  6. 6 PM

    75°

    2%

  7. 8 PM

    70°

    4%

  8. 10 PM

    65°

    4%

  9. 12 AM

    64°

    4%

  10. 2 AM

    63°

    4%

  11. 4 AM

    62°

    4%

  12. 6 AM

    63°

    4%

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7 days

  1. Today 6/27 Mostly Sunny 7% 76° · 62°
    1. 9 AM 68° Partly Sunny 7%
    2. 10 AM 71° Partly Sunny 7%
    3. 11 AM 73° Mostly Sunny 6%
    4. 12 PM 74° Mostly Sunny 6%
    5. 1 PM 75° Mostly Sunny 4%
    6. 2 PM 76° Mostly Sunny 2%
    7. 3 PM 76° Mostly Sunny 1%
    8. 4 PM 76° Mostly Sunny 1%
    9. 5 PM 76° Mostly Sunny 1%
    10. 6 PM 75° Partly Cloudy 2%
    11. 7 PM 73° Mostly Cloudy 4%
    12. 8 PM 70° Partly Cloudy 4%
    13. 9 PM 67° Partly Cloudy 4%
    14. 10 PM 65° Mostly Cloudy 4%
    15. 11 PM 65° Partly Cloudy 4%
  2. Sun 6/28 Mostly Sunny 5% 85° · 75°
    1. 12 AM 64° Partly Cloudy 4%
    2. 1 AM 63° Partly Cloudy 4%
    3. 2 AM 63° Partly Cloudy 4%
    4. 3 AM 63° Partly Cloudy 4%
    5. 4 AM 62° Partly Cloudy 4%
    6. 5 AM 63° Partly Cloudy 4%
    7. 6 AM 63° Sunny 4%
    8. 7 AM 66° Sunny 4%
    9. 8 AM 70° Sunny 4%
    10. 9 AM 73° Sunny 3%
    11. 10 AM 77° Sunny 2%
    12. 11 AM 79° Mostly Sunny 1%
    13. 12 PM 81° Mostly Sunny
    14. 1 PM 82° Partly Sunny 1%
    15. 2 PM 84° Partly Sunny 1%
    16. 3 PM 84° Partly Sunny 1%
    17. 4 PM 85° Partly Sunny 5%
    18. 5 PM 85° Partly Sunny 5%
    19. 6 PM 85° Partly Cloudy 5%
    20. 7 PM 83° Partly Cloudy 2%
    21. 8 PM 82° Partly Cloudy 2%
    22. 9 PM 80° Partly Cloudy 2%
    23. 10 PM 78° Partly Cloudy 2%
    24. 11 PM 78° Partly Cloudy 2%
  3. Mon 6/29 Mostly Sunny 0% 92° · 76°
    1. 12 AM 77° Partly Cloudy 2%
    2. 1 AM 76° Partly Cloudy
    3. 2 AM 76° Partly Cloudy
    4. 3 AM 75° Partly Cloudy
    5. 4 AM 75° Partly Cloudy
    6. 5 AM 75° Partly Cloudy
    7. 6 AM 75° Mostly Sunny
    8. 7 AM 75° Mostly Sunny
    9. 8 AM 77° Mostly Sunny
    10. 9 AM 80° Mostly Sunny
    11. 10 AM 83° Sunny
    12. 11 AM 86° Sunny
    13. 12 PM 88° Sunny
    14. 1 PM 90° Sunny
    15. 2 PM 92° Sunny
    16. 3 PM 92° Mostly Sunny
    17. 4 PM 92° Mostly Sunny
    18. 5 PM 92° Mostly Sunny
    19. 6 PM 91° Partly Cloudy
    20. 7 PM 92° Partly Cloudy
    21. 8 PM 87° Partly Cloudy
    22. 9 PM 85° Mostly Clear
    23. 10 PM 84° Mostly Clear
    24. 11 PM 82° Mostly Clear
  4. Tue 6/30 Sunny 2% 94° · 77°
    1. 12 AM 81° Mostly Clear
    2. 1 AM 80° Mostly Clear
    3. 2 AM 79° Mostly Clear
    4. 3 AM 78° Mostly Clear
    5. 4 AM 78° Mostly Clear
    6. 5 AM 77° Mostly Clear
    7. 6 AM 76° Sunny
    8. 7 AM 78° Sunny 1%
    9. 8 AM 80° Sunny 1%
    10. 9 AM 83° Sunny 1%
    11. 10 AM 86° Sunny 1%
    12. 11 AM 88° Sunny 1%
    13. 12 PM 91° Sunny 1%
    14. 1 PM 92° Sunny
    15. 2 PM 93° Sunny
    16. 3 PM 94° Sunny
    17. 4 PM 94° Sunny
    18. 5 PM 94° Sunny
    19. 6 PM 94° Mostly Clear
    20. 7 PM 93° Mostly Clear 2%
    21. 8 PM 90° Mostly Clear 2%
    22. 9 PM 86° Mostly Clear 2%
    23. 10 PM 84° Mostly Clear 2%
    24. 11 PM 82° Mostly Clear 2%
  5. Wed 7/1 Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15% 96° · 76°
    1. 12 AM 82° Mostly Clear 2%
    2. 1 AM 81° Mostly Clear 2%
    3. 2 AM 80° Mostly Clear 2%
    4. 3 AM 79° Mostly Clear 2%
    5. 4 AM 78° Mostly Clear 2%
    6. 5 AM 78° Mostly Clear 2%
    7. 6 AM 77° Sunny 2%
    8. 7 AM 78° Sunny 2%
    9. 8 AM 80° Sunny 2%
    10. 9 AM 84° Sunny 2%
    11. 10 AM 87° Sunny 2%
    12. 11 AM 90° Sunny 2%
    13. 12 PM 92° Sunny 2%
    14. 1 PM 94° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    15. 2 PM 94° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    16. 3 PM 94° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    17. 4 PM 94° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    18. 5 PM 94° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    19. 6 PM 94° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    20. 7 PM 93° Mostly Clear 9%
    21. 8 PM 90° Mostly Clear 9%
    22. 9 PM 87° Mostly Clear 9%
    23. 10 PM 84° Mostly Clear 9%
    24. 11 PM 82° Mostly Clear 9%
  6. Thu 7/2 Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30% 95° · 75°
    1. 12 AM 81° Mostly Clear 9%
    2. 1 AM 79° Mostly Clear 9%
    3. 2 AM 78° Mostly Clear 9%
    4. 3 AM 78° Mostly Clear 9%
    5. 4 AM 77° Mostly Clear 9%
    6. 5 AM 76° Mostly Clear 9%
    7. 6 AM 76° Sunny 9%
    8. 7 AM 77° Sunny 14%
    9. 8 AM 80° Sunny 14%
    10. 9 AM 84° Sunny 14%
    11. 10 AM 87° Sunny 14%
    12. 11 AM 90° Sunny 14%
    13. 12 PM 91° Sunny 14%
    14. 1 PM 92° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18%
    15. 2 PM 94° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18%
    16. 3 PM 94° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18%
    17. 4 PM 94° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18%
    18. 5 PM 94° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18%
    19. 6 PM 93° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 18%
    20. 7 PM 91° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
    21. 8 PM 88° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
    22. 9 PM 85° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
    23. 10 PM 82° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
    24. 11 PM 80° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
  7. Fri 7/3 Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30% 92° · 72°
    1. 12 AM 79° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
    2. 1 AM 78° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
    3. 2 AM 77° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
    4. 3 AM 76° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
    5. 4 AM 76° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
    6. 5 AM 75° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
    7. 6 AM 75° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 23%
    8. 7 AM 76° Sunny 13%
    9. 8 AM 78° Sunny 13%
    10. 9 AM 81° Sunny 13%
    11. 10 AM 84° Sunny 13%
    12. 11 AM 87° Sunny 13%
    13. 12 PM 89° Sunny 13%
    14. 1 PM 91° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
    15. 2 PM 91° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
    16. 3 PM 92° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
    17. 4 PM 91° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
    18. 5 PM 91° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
    19. 6 PM 90° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
    20. 7 PM 88° Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 30%
Extended outlook days 8–16
  1. Sat 7/4 Drizzle 22% 89° · 72°
  2. Sun 7/5 Drizzle 20% 89° · 70°
  3. Mon 7/6 Cloudy 21% 90° · 69°
  4. Tue 7/7 Severe Thunderstorms 20% 86° · 73°
  5. Wed 7/8 Thunderstorms 36% 87° · 70°
  6. Thu 7/9 Thunderstorms 35% 79° · 60°
  7. Fri 7/10 Thunderstorms 32% 80° · 58°
  8. Sat 7/11 Sunny 29% 81° · 60°
  9. Sun 7/12 Drizzle 32% 84° · 64°

Days 8+ from the Open-Meteo multi-model ensemble — treat as a guide; accuracy drops past day 7.

Best day this week

Mild temps, low rain chance, clearer skies.

Sunday, 6/28

Mostly Sunny, 85° / 75°

  1. Tomorrow85°75°
  2. Mon92°76°
  3. Tue94°77°
  4. Wed96°76°
  5. Thu95°75°
  6. Fri92°72°

Best time to head outside

Picks the upcoming daytime hour with the most favorable conditions for each activity. Factors in temperature, wind, precipitation timing, and pollen.

  • RunTomorrow 6 AM

    comfortable at 63°F · calm wind · no rain expected · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent100 / 100
  • Bike9 AM

    comfortable at 68°F · light wind (10 mph) · no rain expected · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent100 / 100
  • Golf9 AM

    comfortable at 68°F · light wind (10 mph) · no rain expected · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent100 / 100
  • Picnic9 AM

    comfortable at 68°F · light wind (10 mph) · no rain expected · pollen high today — allergy sufferers, take note

    Excellent100 / 100
  • Magic ShowAnytime

    Any weather is magic show weather. Indoors or out, magic doesn't care.

    Corporate Magician Scott Henderson

How well did we do?

Average miss by lead time.

Each morning we save the day's predicted high/low. As later days arrive, we grade what we said against what the station actually recorded.

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Day-by-day, 1 day out4 days
  1. Yesterday±7°
    High73°66°+7°
    Low59°57°+2°
  2. Thu, Jun 25±3°
    High78°79°-1°
    Low57°60°-3°
  3. Sun, Jun 21pending
    High71°——
    Low56°——
  4. Sat, Jun 20pending
    High79°——
    Low57°——

Climate normals

What weather to expect in Elgin

Elgin in June typically averages 83° highs and 64° lows, with about 16 days of rain. The hottest stretch is June (average high 83°); the coldest is January (average low 13°). July is the wettest month on average.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainy days
Jan27°13°13
Feb36°20°9
Mar52°32°15
Apr61°42°18
May69°49°14
Jun83°64°16
Jul83°66°21
Aug81°64°13
Sep77°59°7
Oct66°48°7
Nov49°36°13
Dec34°21°14

Normals derived from the past two years of observations via Open-Meteo's historical archive.

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Detailed forecast (NWS)

Today
Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. East northeast wind around 10 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. East southeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with a high near 94.

Forecast details

NWS gridpoint
LOT 53,79
Radar station
KLOT
Time zone
America/Chicago
Coordinates
42.035, -88.283