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Illinois, United States ·

No active alerts from NOAA National Weather Service for this location as of 7:52 PM CST. Official alerts

Current conditions in Chicago

Observed at station Chicago, Chicago Midway Airport (10.6 km away)

45°F

Clear

Feels like 41°F (wind chill)

Low tonight 39°F

Sunrise 6:31 AM Sunset 4:39 PM Daylight 10 h 08 min (calculated)

Data: NOAA National Weather Service · U.S. Government work, public domain (no endorsement implied) · Observed 7:30 PM CST (23 min ago) · Forecast issued Sat, Nov 7, 7:52 PM CST · Retrieved just now

Forecast area: NWS LOT grid 73,73 near Chicago, IL. Resolution: NWS forecast grid (about 2.5 km). Not street-level accuracy.

Today

Next 24 hours

  1. 7 PM 44° 0% 5 mph WSW Clear
  2. 8 PM 43° 0% 5 mph WSW Clear
  3. 9 PM 42° 0% 5 mph WSW Clear
  4. 10 PM 42° 0% 10 mph WSW Clear
  5. 11 PM 41° 0% 10 mph WSW Mostly Clear
  6. 12 AM 40° 0% 10 mph WSW Mostly Clear
  7. 1 AM 41° 0% 10 mph WSW Partly Cloudy
  8. 2 AM 40° 0% 10 mph WSW Partly Cloudy
  9. 3 AM 40° 0% 10 mph WSW Mostly Cloudy
  10. 4 AM 40° 0% 10 mph WSW Mostly Cloudy
  11. 5 AM 40° 0% 10 mph WSW Partly Cloudy
  12. 6 AM 41° 0% 10 mph WSW Partly Sunny
  13. 7 AM 42° 0% 10 mph WSW Mostly Sunny
  14. 8 AM 44° 0% 10 mph WSW Mostly Sunny
  15. 9 AM 47° 0% 10 mph WSW Partly Sunny
  16. 10 AM 51° 0% 15 mph W Mostly Sunny
  17. 11 AM 53° 0% 15 mph W Mostly Sunny
  18. 12 PM 56° 0% 15 mph W Sunny
  19. 1 PM 58° 0% 15 mph W Sunny
  20. 2 PM 58° 0% 15 mph W Sunny
  21. 3 PM 59° 0% 15 mph W Sunny
  22. 4 PM 57° 0% 10 mph W Sunny
  23. 5 PM 55° 0% 10 mph W Sunny
  24. 6 PM 53° 0% 10 mph WNW Clear

Data: NOAA National Weather Service · U.S. Government work, public domain (no endorsement implied)

Details

Feels like

41°F

NWS wind-chill formula (air ≤ 50°F/10°C, wind ≥ 3 mph/5 km/h)

Precipitation chance

0%

Today, highest period · Forecast · NOAA National Weather Service

Wind

7 mph SW

Observed 7:30 PM · NOAA National Weather Service

Humidity

61%

Observed 7:30 PM · NOAA National Weather Service

Visibility

10.0 mi

Observed 7:30 PM · NOAA National Weather Service

Sunrise

6:31 AM

Calculated · SunCalc

Sunset

4:39 PM

Calculated · SunCalc

Day length

10 h 08 min

Calculated · sea-level horizon

Not available from this source right now: UV index, pressure, air quality (planned).

Tomorrow

Sunday, Nov 8: Mostly Sunny

High 59°F · Low 40°F · 0% chance of precipitation

Sunday: Mostly sunny. High near 59, with temperatures falling to around 55 in the afternoon. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Data: NOAA National Weather Service · U.S. Government work, public domain (no endorsement implied)

Next 3 Days

Next 3 days
DayConditionsHighLowPrecip. chanceWind
Sat, Nov 7 partial Mostly Clear —39°F 0% 10 mph
Sun, Nov 8 Mostly Sunny 59°F40°F 0% 15 mph
Mon, Nov 9 Mostly Sunny 58°F45°F 0% 10 mph

“Partial” days are not fully covered by the forecast.

Data: NOAA National Weather Service · U.S. Government work, public domain (no endorsement implied)

Next 7 Days

Next 7 days
DayConditionsHighLowPrecip. chanceWind
Sat, Nov 7 partial Mostly Clear —39°F 0% 10 mph
Sun, Nov 8 Mostly Sunny 59°F40°F 0% 15 mph
Mon, Nov 9 Mostly Sunny 58°F45°F 0% 10 mph
Tue, Nov 10 Sunny 62°F42°F 1% 5 mph
Wed, Nov 11 Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain 58°F42°F 31% 5 mph
Thu, Nov 12 Chance Rain 51°F36°F 50% 15 mph
Fri, Nov 13 Chance Rain 48°F36°F 35% 10 mph

“Partial” days are not fully covered by the forecast.

Data: NOAA National Weather Service · U.S. Government work, public domain (no endorsement implied)

Full Outlook (8 days)

Full outlook: 8 days available, to Sat, Nov 14
DayConditionsHighLowPrecip. chanceWind
Sat, Nov 7 partial Mostly Clear —39°F 0% 10 mph
Sun, Nov 8 Mostly Sunny 59°F40°F 0% 15 mph
Mon, Nov 9 Mostly Sunny 58°F45°F 0% 10 mph
Tue, Nov 10 Sunny 62°F42°F 1% 5 mph
Wed, Nov 11 Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain 58°F42°F 31% 5 mph
Thu, Nov 12 Chance Rain 51°F36°F 50% 15 mph
Fri, Nov 13 Chance Rain 48°F36°F 35% 10 mph
Sat, Nov 14 partial Mostly Sunny 53°F— 8% 10 mph

“Partial” days are not fully covered by the forecast. Outlook ends Sat, Nov 14, the last day this provider publishes.

Data: NOAA National Weather Service · U.S. Government work, public domain (no endorsement implied)

History

Daily history

Yesterday, last week and the same date in each of the past five years will appear here once the daily history archive for million-plus cities is published. The archive is being prepared and checked; until then no historical values are shown, rather than estimates.

Retained window once live: five calendar years ending yesterday (local time).

What to wear

  • Today

    • Warm jacket or sweater Cool at around 39°F.

  • Sun, Nov 8

    • Warm jacket or sweater Cool at around 40°F.
    • Dress in layers A big swing between low (40°F) and high (59°F).

  • Mon, Nov 9

    • Warm jacket or sweater Cool at around 45°F.

  • Tue, Nov 10

    • Warm jacket or sweater Cool at around 42°F.
    • Dress in layers A big swing between low (42°F) and high (62°F).

  • Wed, Nov 11

    • Warm jacket or sweater Cool at around 42°F.

  • Thu, Nov 12

    • Warm jacket or sweater Cool at around 36°F.
    • Waterproof layer or umbrella Rain is likely: a 50% chance of precipitation.

  • Fri, Nov 13

    • Warm jacket or sweater Cool at around 36°F.

  • Sat, Nov 14

    • A light layer Lows around 53°F.

Suggestions are general and rule-based; they are not a safety assessment.

Sunrise, sunset and daylight in Chicago

6 h12 h18 h JFMAMJJASOND
Daylight through 2026. Longest: 15 h 14 min (Sat, Jun 20). Shortest: 9 h 08 min (Thu, Dec 17). Times in America/Chicago; astronomical calculation for a sea-level horizon, not a weather forecast.

Sun times calculated with SunCalc (BSD-2-Clause) · BSD-2-Clause, Copyright (c) 2014 Vladimir Agafonkin

About this forecast

Chicago forecasts come from NOAA National Weather Service. Current conditions are labelled as either a station observation or an estimate from the forecast. Times are shown in America/Chicago.

Urban area population: about 3.7 million (UN estimate for 1 July 2025, measuring the whole built-up urban area, which can differ from city-limit figures).

City location: 41.873, -87.707 (population-weighted centre of the urban area). Neighbourhood conditions can differ, especially near water or hills.

City list and populations: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (File 21) · CC BY 3.0 IGO