The Illinois Weather Podcast

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Your Illinois weather forecast, delivered fast. The Illinois Weather Podcast brings you concise 3-minute updates from Chicago to downstate. Get current conditions, lake-effect alerts, severe storm tracking, NWS warnings, and a 7-day outlook.

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Illinois Weather: 06-28-2026 6AM CDT - Extreme Heat
Yesterday at 1:42 PM

Your morning Illinois weather update Active alerts: Heat Advisory, Dense Fog Advisory, Dense Fog Advisory. around 74 degrees Good morning, Illinois. If you're east of I-55 this morning, you're driving through soup, dense fog has visibility down to a quarter mile near Champaign, Bloomington. Take it slow until 8 A.M.


Illinois Weather: 06-27-2026 3PM CDT - Tornado Warning
Last Saturday at 10:52 PM

Your 3pm Illinois weather update Active alerts: Tornado Warning, Flash Flood Warning, Tornado Warning. around 68 degrees Good afternoon, Illinois. If you're heading outside right now, you're stepping into two completely different days depending on where you're. And starting tomorrow?


Illinois Weather: 06-27-2026 6AM CDT - Flash Flood Warning
Last Saturday at 1:43 PM

Your morning Illinois weather update Active alerts: Flash Flood Warning, Flood Watch, Extreme Heat Watch. around 68 degrees Good morning, Illinois. Illinois is having two completely different mornings. A front draped east to west statewide is keeping Chicago cool and cloudy.


Illinois Weather: 06-26-2026 3PM CDT - Tornado
Last Friday at 10:45 PM

Your 3pm Illinois weather update Active alerts: Flash Flood Warning, Tornado Watch, Flash Flood Warning. around 66 degrees Good afternoon, Illinois. A frontal boundary has parked itself right across the middle of Illinois. And it's splitting the state in two.


Illinois Weather: 06-26-2026 6AM CDT - Flood
Last Friday at 1:08 PM

Your morning Illinois weather update Active alerts: Flood Watch, Flood Warning, Flood Watch. around 66 degrees Good morning, Illinois. A stationary front is parked right across the middle of the state. And it's splitting Illinois in two.


Illinois Weather: 06-25-2026 3PM CDT - Flood
Last Thursday at 10:10 PM

Your 3pm Illinois weather update Active alerts: Flood Advisory, Flood Watch, Flood Watch. around 72 degrees Good afternoon, Illinois. A low pressure system is trudging east statewide right now. And it's dragging a humid airmass with it like a wet blanket.


Illinois Weather: 06-25-2026 6AM CDT - Flood Warning
Last Thursday at 1:10 PM

Your morning Illinois weather update Active alerts: Flood Warning, Flood Watch, Flood Watch. around 73 degrees Good morning, Illinois. You've got 13 hours until storms roll in. That's your countdown for Central Illinois, where heavy rain arrives after 7 P.M.


Illinois Weather: 06-24-2026 3PM CDT - Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Last Wednesday at 10:11 PM

Your 3pm Illinois weather update Active alerts: Severe Thunderstorm Warning, Special Weather Statement, Severe Thunderstorm Watch. around 71 degrees Good afternoon, Illinois. Severe weather is bearing down on Northern Illinois this afternoon, while a cold front is sweeping statewide right now. And it's bringing the works — gusty winds, heavy rain, hail.


Illinois Weather: 06-24-2026 6AM CDT - Flood Warning
Last Wednesday at 1:08 PM

Your morning Illinois weather update Active alerts: Flood Warning, Flood Warning, Flood Warning. around 78 degrees Good morning, Illinois. A cold front is sliding into Illinois right now. And it's bringing scattered thunderstorms with it this afternoon.


Illinois Weather: 06-23-2026 9PM CDT - Flood Warning
Last Wednesday at 3:59 AM

Your 9pm Illinois weather update Active alerts: Flood Warning, Flood Warning, Flood Warning. around 61 degrees Good evening, Illinois. Right now you're sitting at a comfortable 60 degrees under clear skies. Because tomorrow gets messy.


Illinois Weather: 06-23-2026 12PM CDT - Flood Warning
Last Tuesday at 7:06 PM

Your midday Illinois weather update Active alerts: Flood Warning, Flood Warning, Flood Warning. around 69 degrees Good afternoon, Illinois. If you're wondering whether you need that umbrella today. High pressure is parked overhead.


Illinois Weather: 06-23-2026 6AM CDT - Flood Warning
Last Tuesday at 1:10 PM

Your morning Illinois weather update Active alerts: Flood Warning, Flood Warning, Flood Warning. around 69 degrees Good morning, Illinois. You're waking up to 58 degrees under clear skies after that 5:14 A.M. Sunrise painted the horizon.


Illinois Weather: 06-22-2026 3PM CDT - Flood Warning
06/22/2026

Your 3pm Illinois weather update Active alerts: Beach Hazards Statement, Beach Hazards Statement, Flood Warning. around 66 degrees Good afternoon, Illinois. In High pressure parked overhead is giving us a gift, sunshine, comfortable temps. That's why you woke up to 58 degrees and Here comes a gorgeous afternoon.


Illinois Weather: 06-22-2026 6AM CDT - Flood Warning
06/22/2026

Your morning Illinois weather update Active alerts: Flood Warning, Beach Hazards Statement, Beach Hazards Statement. around 64 degrees Good morning, Illinois. If you're wondering whether to pack an umbrella. Yesterday's storms are history, high pressure slides in from the north.


Illinois Weather: 06-21-2026 3PM CDT - Tornado Warning
06/21/2026

Your 3pm Illinois weather update Active alerts: Tornado Warning, Tornado Warning, Tornado Warning. around 68 degrees Good afternoon, Illinois. We've got a serious situation developing across central and southern Illinois right now. A Tornado Watch is active until 9 P.M.


Illinois Weather: 06-21-2026 6AM CDT - Flood
06/21/2026

Your morning Illinois weather update Active alerts: Flood Watch, Lake Wind Advisory, Beach Hazards Statement. around 67 degrees Good morning, Illinois. A storm system is barging into Illinois today. And it's bringing serious rain.


Illinois Weather: 06-21-2026 9PM CDT - Flood
06/21/2026

Your 9pm Illinois weather update Active alerts: Lake Wind Advisory, Flood Watch, Flood Watch. around 59 degrees Good evening, Illinois. Rain is rolling in tonight. And it's bringing friends.


Illinois Weather: 06-14-2026 6AM CDT - Flood Warning
06/14/2026

Your morning Illinois weather update Active alerts: Flood Warning, Flood Warning, Flood Warning. around 69 degrees Good morning, Illinois. That rumble you're hearing? A cold front is marching across Illinois right now, bringing showers and thunderstorms this morning.


Illinois Weather: 06-13-2026 3PM CDT - Flood Warning
06/13/2026

Your 3pm Illinois weather update Active alerts: Flood Advisory, Flood Advisory, Flood Warning. around 82 degrees Good afternoon, Illinois. A cold front is slicing across Illinois right now. And it's bringing the threat of severe thunderstorms tonight.


Illinois Weather: 06-13-2026 6AM CDT - Flood Warning
06/13/2026

Your morning Illinois weather update Active alerts: Flood Warning, Flood Warning, Flood Warning. around 87 degrees Good morning, Illinois. You've got about six hours before the sky opens up. A cold front is barreling statewide right now.


Illinois Weather: 06-12-2026 3PM CDT - Flood Warning
06/12/2026

Your 3pm Illinois weather update Active alerts: Flood Warning, Flood Warning, Flood Warning. around 81 degrees Good afternoon, Illinois. That nearly inch of rain from yesterday? It scrubbed the air clean, high pressure's sliding in now, giving us a gorgeous dry afternoon.


Illinois Weather: 06-12-2026 6AM CDT - Flood Warning
06/12/2026

Your morning Illinois weather update Active alerts: Flood Advisory, Flood Advisory, Hydrologic Outlook. around 80 degrees Good morning, Illinois. Yesterday's rain scrubbed the air clean. And now we're left with sunshine and a breeze that actually feels comfortable.


Illinois Weather: 06-11-2026 9PM CDT - Tornado
06/12/2026

Your 9pm Illinois weather update Active alerts: Severe Thunderstorm Warning, Tornado Watch, Severe Thunderstorm Watch. around 62 degrees Good evening, Illinois. If you're wondering whether to check the radar before bed, the answer is yes. A squall line of severe thunderstorms is tearing across Illinois right now at 60 miles an hour, packing damaging winds, hail.


Illinois Weather: 06-11-2026 12PM CDT - Tornado
06/11/2026

Your midday Illinois weather update Active alerts: Tornado Watch, Tornado Watch, Tornado Watch. around 84 degrees Good afternoon, Illinois. A powerful cold front is carving through Illinois right now. And it's bringing the kind of thunderstorms you don't ignore.


Illinois Weather: 06-10-2026 6PM CDT - Tornado Warning
06/11/2026

Your evening Illinois weather update Active alerts: Tornado Warning, Severe Thunderstorm Warning, Severe Thunderstorm Warning. around 71 degrees That thick air you're feeling? A humid airmass has parked over Illinois.


Illinois Weather: 06-10-2026 3PM CDT - Severe Thunderstorm Warning
06/10/2026

Your 3pm Illinois weather update Active alerts: Severe Thunderstorm Warning, Flood Warning, Flood Warning. around 86 degrees Step outside and you'll feel it immediately. That thick, sticky air that makes your shirt cling before you even reach the car. A tropical air mass has settled over Illinois.


Illinois Weather: 06-10-2026 12PM CDT - Special Weather
06/10/2026

Your midday Illinois weather update Active alerts: Special Weather Statement, Special Weather Statement. around 64 degrees Step outside right now and you'll feel it, that thick, heavy air that clings to your skin. That's not just humidity.


Illinois Weather: 06-09-2026 9AM CDT - Flood
06/09/2026

Your 9am Illinois weather update Active alerts: Special Weather Statement, Heat Advisory, Heat Advisory. around 86 degrees Here's what's happening. A massive ridge of high pressure has camped out over the Midwest like an uninvited houseguest. And it's pulling tropical moisture straight from the Gulf, dew points are climbing into the mid-70s.


Illinois Weather: 06-05-2026 6PM CDT - Thunderstorms
06/05/2026

Your evening Illinois weather update Scattered thunderstorms are moving into Illinois tonight, with the best chance for storms arriving after midnight. Here comes a typical early June pattern with warm temperatures and periodic storm chances through the weekend. Starting this morning, temperatures sit near 68 degrees across most of the state.


Illinois Weather: 06-05-2026 12PM CDT - Thunderstorms
06/05/2026

Your midday Illinois weather update We're tracking a typical early June weather pattern across Illinois today with thunderstorms developing through the afternoon hours. The National Weather Service has highlighted significant uncertainty about storm coverage, particularly near and north of Interstate 72, but if storms do form, they could pack a punch. Right now this Friday morning, temperatures are sitting in the mid-60s under mostly cloudy skies.


Illinois Weather: 06-04-2026 12PM CDT - Sunny
06/04/2026

Your midday Illinois weather update A marginal risk for severe thunderstorms moves into Illinois tomorrow, with isolated damaging wind gusts possible across much of the state. Today's heat builds to 87 degrees, setting the stage for Friday's unsettled weather pattern. This afternoon brings the warmest conditions we'll see for several days, with temperatures climbing toward 87 degrees around 4 P.M.


Illinois Weather: 06-04-2026 6AM CDT - Special Weather
06/04/2026

Your morning Illinois weather update A Special Weather Statement is in effect across Illinois today as warm, dry conditions combine with gusty southwest winds to create elevated fire danger this afternoon. Starting your Thursday morning with comfortable temperatures around 65 degrees, we'll see a steady climb through the day. By 10 A.M., expect readings near 75, then pushing past 80 by noon.


Illinois Weather: 06-03-2026 6PM CDT - Sunny
06/03/2026

Your evening Illinois weather update Dry conditions continue across Illinois today with temperatures climbing into the mid-80s this afternoon. Low humidity levels persist through tomorrow, creating comfortable conditions but also increasing fire danger in areas with dry vegetation. This morning started mild with temperatures in the upper 60s across most of the state.


Illinois Weather: 06-03-2026 12PM CDT - Flood Warning
06/03/2026

Your midday Illinois weather update A Flood Warning remains in effect for portions of Illinois today, with several rivers and streams running high from recent rainfall. While we're staying dry for now, the saturated ground means any additional rain could quickly worsen flooding concerns, so keep monitoring conditions if you live near waterways. Temperature-wise, we started this Wednesday morning in the comfortable mid-60s.


Illinois Weather: 06-02-2026 6PM CDT - Flood Warning
06/02/2026

Your evening Illinois weather update We're tracking flood warnings across multiple areas of Illinois this Tuesday, with standing water continuing to pose problems even as dry conditions settle in for the next day. The flood warnings remain active, so if you're in affected areas, stay alert for road closures and avoid any water-covered roadways. Temperature-wise, we started cool this morning with lows around 56 degrees at 4 A.M.


Illinois Weather: 06-02-2026 12PM CDT - Flood Warning
06/02/2026

Your midday Illinois weather update Multiple flood warnings remain in effect across Illinois this Tuesday, with waterways continuing to run high after recent heavy rainfall. While we're catching a break from the rain today, the flooding concerns persist especially along rivers and low-lying areas. Starting your Tuesday morning with temperatures around 58 degrees, we'll see a pleasant climb through the day.


Illinois Weather: 06-02-2026 6AM CDT - Flood Warning
06/02/2026

Your morning Illinois weather update Multiple flood warnings remain in effect across Illinois this Tuesday morning, with standing water continuing to impact low-lying areas and river corridors throughout the state. Emergency management officials urge residents to avoid flooded roadways and monitor conditions closely. Today shapes up as a pleasant recovery day between systems.


Illinois Weather: 06-01-2026 4PM CDT - Flood Warning
06/01/2026

Your 4pm Illinois weather update Step outside right now and you might do a double-take.


Illinois Weather: 06-01-2026 12PM CDT - Flood Warning
06/01/2026

Your midday Illinois weather update Multiple flood warnings remain in effect across Illinois this Monday morning, with flash flood warnings particularly concentrated in central portions of the state. Standing water continues to create hazardous conditions on numerous roadways. We're starting the day with temperatures in the upper 50s, climbing to a high of 64 degrees by 2 P.M.


Illinois Weather: 06-01-2026 6AM CDT - Severe Thunderstorm Warning
06/01/2026

Your morning Illinois weather update Active weather is impacting southern Illinois this Monday morning with multiple alerts in effect. A severe thunderstorm warning covers areas near Metropolis where Doppler radar tracked a strong storm moving southeast at 25 mph. Flash flood warnings remain active across several southern counties as heavy rain continues to fall.