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Willow Springs, Illinois Weather

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Willow Springs weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Willow Springs, IL
Thursday, June 4 at 7:58 PM
87
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
85°
Humidity
28%
Wind
13 mph
Sunrise
5:18 AM
Sunset
8:21 PM
Willow Springs, IL
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastWillow Springs, IL: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 69 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit with a 46% chance of precipitation at 8 AM.
L 69°H 85°
Willow Springs, IL
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    88°61°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Showers
    47%
    0.58″
    80°69°-8°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Drizzle
    54%
    85°67°+5°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Showers
    21%
    80°68°-5°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Showers
    41%
    0.20″
    71°68°-9°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Showers
    34%
    88°69°+17°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Heavy Drizzle
    26%
    0.02″
    90°73°+2°
Willow Springs, IL
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSW
204° · veering 123°
Direction
SSW
204°
Sustained
13
mph
Gust
17
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 7
Beaufort · 4 · MOD BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 7 · pk 20 @ 5:00p
010203040MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7B8-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 338SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A fresh breeze drives the ssw-bound air across the harbor.
Willow Springs, IL
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
994.5
-1.9 mb in 3h · falling · 29.37 inHg
Now
994.5
mb
3h
-1.9
mb
12h
-5.7
mb
24h
-6.1
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 993999
9859909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW999.1992.9992.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Willow Springs, IL
Air quality
47
AQI
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
+16 in 6hPeak ~92 @ 11 PM

Ozone at AQI 104 now. AQI up 16 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. With UV 7.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 72 by mid-afternoon.

CAUTION Sensitive groups (children, elderly, respiratory conditions) should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
3.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
4μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy
141μg/m³
UV IndexVery high
7.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 104 now. With UV 7.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 72 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 104
UV peak
7.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 72
Willow Springs, IL
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
78%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
124.4mi
UNLIMITED
140 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
19:58 UTC ·Willow Springs, IL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
19:58 UTC ·Willow Springs, IL · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Willow Springs, IL
Satellite · infrared · animated
Willow Springs, IL
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Willow Springs, IL
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:45 AM
Sunrise
5:18 AM
Daylight
15h 03m
Sunset
8:21 PM
Civil dusk
1:56 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Willow Springs, IL
The moon
Waning Gibbous
82% illuminated
Moonrise
4:26 AM
Moonset
1:48 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Willow Springs, IL
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies rise from the lawn

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Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Willow Springs at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 14°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 26 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 4, 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.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Willow Springs

SPC has placed Willow Springs in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Willow Springs

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.