Rankin, Illinois Weather
Dusk arrives one minute earlier each night. Day 43 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Rankin weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayAug 2Drizzle21%0.04″80°67°—
- MondayAug 3Foggy——82°64°+2°
- TuesdayAug 4Clear——80°63°-2°
- WednesdayAug 5Overcast32%—82°63°+2°
- ThursdayAug 6Thunderstorm49%—81°66°-1°
- FridayAug 7Thunderstorm20%—82°64°+1°
- SaturdayAug 8Light Drizzle24%0.04″87°70°+5°
AQI 30 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 8.3 µg/m³, PM10 at 8.6 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion during the projected peak around 9 PM.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 31 now. With UV 4.2 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 12.
- Present
- AQI 31
- UV peak
- 4.2 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 12
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 8.3 µg/m³, PM10 at 8.6 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.97
- Wind
- breezy
- Recent rain
- 1h in last 6h
- Pattern
- background
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
Red sky at night, sailor's delight.
- Moonrise
- 9:35 PM
- Moonset
- 9:57 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Dusk arrives one minute earlier each night
Rankin at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 7°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 19 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Aug 1–5
- Planting window: Sow fall peas. Start kale and collard seedlings for fall.
ZIP code: 60960
16-Day Forecast — Rankin
- Sun80°67°21%
- Mon82°64°0%
- Tue80°63°0%
- Wed82°63°32%
- Thu81°66°49%
- Fri82°64°20%
- Sat87°70°24%
- Sun89°72°16%
- Mon86°68°19%
- Tue84°69°23%
- Wed87°73°24%
- Thu88°70°26%
- Fri89°73°29%
- Sat84°70°35%
- Sun80°64°29%
- Mon84°71°27%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of August 2, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.
Sun & seasons in Rankin
Rankin sits in Vermilion County, where the year’s longest day runs 15h 4m of daylight and its shortest just 9h 17m — a swing of +5h 47m between the June and December solstices. Clocks spring forward on Sunday, March 8, 2026 and fall back on Sunday, November 1, 2026.
Chicago, the state’s largest city, lies about 95 miles to the N. The nearest town Rankin tracks is Champaign, roughly 31 miles to the SW.
ZIP codes in Rankin
- 60960