Flora, IL 62839 Weather

Clay County3:17 PM CDT38.67°N, 88.49°W

Current conditions

Sunny
74°
Sunny
Feels like 74°
High 74°·Low 46°
WindN 1 mph
Humidity29%
Dew point40°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover4%
UV index2 Low
Sunrise7:10 AM
Sunset6:09 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day
  • This Afternoon

    Sunny, with a high near 74. North northeast wind around 2 mph.

  • Tonight

    Clear, with a low around 46. North wind around 1 mph.

  • Thursday

    Sunny, with a high near 75. North northeast wind 0 to 3 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 1 hr ago.

  1. Now Sunny 74°
  2. 4 PM Sunny 74°
  3. 5 PM Sunny 74°
  4. 6 PM Clear 70°
  5. 7 PM Clear 66°
  6. 8 PM Clear 61°
  7. 9 PM Clear 56°
  8. 10 PM Clear 54°
  9. 11 PM Clear 53°
  10. Thu12 AM Clear 50°
  11. 1 AM Clear 49°
  12. 2 AM Clear 48°
  13. 3 AM Clear 48°
  14. 4 AM Clear 47°
  15. 5 AM Mostly Clear 46°
  16. 6 AM Sunny 46°
  17. 7 AM Sunny 46°
  18. 8 AM Sunny 48°
  19. 9 AM Sunny 53°
  20. 10 AM Sunny 62°
  21. 11 AM Sunny 67°
  22. 12 PM Sunny 70°
  23. 1 PM Sunny 73°
  24. 2 PM Sunny 74°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 21 Sunny Sunny46°74°
  2. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny46°75°
  3. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny45°74°
  4. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny46°74°
  5. SunOct 25 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny47°76°
  6. MonOct 26 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny48°76°
  7. TueOct 27 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny46°71°
  8. WedOct 28 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy53°76°
  9. ThuOct 29 Showers Showers0.30 in52°76°
  10. FriOct 30 Sunny Sunny41°60°

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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Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:10 AM
Sunset 6:09 PM
Daylight 10 h 59 min (−2 min 21 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 80% lit
Moonrise 3:45 PM Moonset 2:16 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low68° / 45°
Record high89° (1947)
Record low19° (1952)
Wettest1.95 in (1983)
Month to date1.91 in (normal 2.38 in)

1 Ene Fairfield, records since 1896. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

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Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in ILX, issued 3 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Sunny mild days and cool nights persist across central and southeast Illinois through Sunday, with highs in the mid- upper 70s and lows in the 40s.

- A cold front moves across the region early next week, bringing prospects for light rain, followed by cooler temperatures.

Discussion

Issued at 1211 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

Surface ridge axis centered across the area provides quiet, clear conditions across central and southeast Illinois. Dry air and subsidence will continue to produce mainly clear skies and large diurnal temperature swings over the next several days.

Mid-level heights build across the Mississippi Valley Friday and this weekend as the surface high slips farther east. Models show strong consensus on establishing persistent southerly return flow. 850-hPa temperatures in the lower teens C, along with deeper mixing support afternoon highs around 80F on Sunday, around 15 degrees above climatological averages.

Medium-range deterministic solutions (ECMWF, ECMWF-AI, and GFS) and the ensemble suite diverge early next week regarding the progression of an upstream longwave trough and associated surface cold front. The deterministic GFS exhibits a faster frontal transit across central Illinois Monday evening with stronger pre-frontal 850-hPa flow (4050 kt). Conversely, the ECMWF and ECMWF-AI are roughly 6 to 12 hours slower, maintaining a broader frontal structure and tracking the primary boundary through the forecast area Tuesday. GEFS and ECMWF ensemble members favor this slower progression. Latest NBM run has lowered PoPs below mentionable levels, but this will likely change as the system develops. Behind the front, a shot of cooler air will move in, returning temperatures to more seasonable levels Tue-Wed.

Aviation

Issued at 1211 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

Another cycle of VFR conditions and light/variable winds with high pressure in control.

Ilx Watches

None.

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