Benton, IL 62812 Weather

Franklin County11:16 PM CDT38.00°N, 88.92°W

Current conditions

Clear
54°
Clear
Feels like 54°
High 77° Thursday·Low 47° tonight
WindCalm
Humidity71%
Dew point45°
Pressure30.22 inHg
Visibility10.0 mi
Cloud cover6%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:11 AM
Sunset6:11 PM

Observed at Marion - Williamson County Regional Airport · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Clear, with a low around 47. Wind around 0 mph.

  • Thursday

    Sunny. High near 77, with temperatures falling to around 75 in the afternoon. North northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Thursday Night

    Clear. Low around 46, with temperatures rising to around 48 overnight. Northeast wind around 2 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 4 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Clear 53°
  2. Thu12 AM Clear 52°
  3. 1 AM Clear 51°
  4. 2 AM Clear 50°
  5. 3 AM Clear 49°
  6. 4 AM Clear 49°
  7. 5 AM Clear 48°
  8. 6 AM Sunny 47°
  9. 7 AM Sunny 47°
  10. 8 AM Sunny 49°
  11. 9 AM Sunny 54°
  12. 10 AM Sunny 63°
  13. 11 AM Sunny 68°
  14. 12 PM Sunny 72°
  15. 1 PM Sunny 74°
  16. 2 PM Sunny 75°
  17. 3 PM Sunny 76°
  18. 4 PM Sunny 77°
  19. 5 PM Sunny 75°
  20. 6 PM Clear 72°
  21. 7 PM Clear 67°
  22. 8 PM Clear 60°
  23. 9 PM Clear 58°
  24. 10 PM Clear 56°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 21 Clear Clear47°
  2. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny46°77°
  3. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny45°75°
  4. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny47°76°
  5. SunOct 25 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny48°78°
  6. MonOct 26 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny48°77°
  7. TueOct 27 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny47°74°
  8. WedOct 28 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny74°
  9. ThuOct 29 Sunny Sunny42°68°
  10. FriOct 30 Cloudy Cloudy53°74°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

50
Good
Ozone

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Farrar, MO reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:11 AM
Sunset 6:11 PM
Daylight 11 h 0 min (−2 min 19 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 82% lit
Moonrise 3:46 PM Moonset 2:19 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low67° / 44°
Record high90° (1953)
Record low24° (1960)
Wettest1.90 in (1945)
Month to date0.00 in (normal 2.23 in)

Du Quoin 4 Se, records since 1895. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in PAH, issued 10 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Areas of dense fog will continue late overnight into the morning hours near bodies of water.

- Generally clear and temperate conditions will remain through the weekend.

- A small chance of a shower exists early next week, though confidence is low.

Discussion

Issued at 1219 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

An UL omega block has been established, with our CWA on the eastern edge of the 250 mb ridge as of 16z. As such, high surface pressure will be dominant until Monday at the earliest, leaving generally cloudless skies and seasonable, if not slightly above average, temperatures. Tuesday, long-range guidance suggests weak FROPA associated with the easterly progression of the UL trough, but vorticity and frontogenesis values are low, and 250 mb flow is only weakly perturbed. GFS and ECMWF 500 mb relative humidity prog <40%, so chances of widespread precipitation are minimal. A brief shower or two cannot be ruled out though, especially Tuesday morning in western parts of our coverage area.

Given weak surface flow, patchy areas of dense radiation fog are possible near bodies of water and in surrounding low-lying areas overnight through the morning. Widely scattered clouds tomorrow morning will not hinder the suns ability to quickly erode this fog, so expect the fog threat to be eliminated by 15z tomorrow.

Aviation

Issued at 1209 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

High pressure will continue to bring calm or very light NE winds through the forecast period. Low-lying river valley fog development is expected again during the 11-13z Thursday period. Included this in the CGI and OWB TAFs where impacts are most likely. Otherwise, VFR conditions are expected.

Pah Watches

IL...None. MO...None. IN...None. KY...None.

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