Big Foot Prairie, Illinois Weather
Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Big Foot Prairie weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 5Overcast——76°64°—
- MondayJul 6Mostly Clear——80°62°+4°
- TuesdayJul 7Overcast——81°60°+1°
- WednesdayJul 8Overcast26%—80°65°-1°
- ThursdayJul 9Heavy Showers51%0.30″78°63°-2°
- FridayJul 10Light Drizzle31%—79°63°+1°
- SaturdayJul 11Light Drizzle18%—81°65°+2°
AQI 25 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 6.7 µg/m³, PM10 at 7.1 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 10 PM.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 30. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.
- Present
- AQI 30
- UV peak
- 3.4 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- overcast
- Projected peak
- AQI 7
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 6.7 µg/m³, PM10 at 7.1 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.94
- Wind
- breezy
- Recent rain
- 0h 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).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 11:14 PM
- Moonset
- 11:05 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Cicadas claim the afternoon
Big Foot Prairie at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 3°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 1 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
16-Day Forecast — Big Foot Prairie
- Sun76°64°8%
- Mon80°62°1%
- Tue81°60°0%
- Wed80°65°26%
- Thu78°63°51%
- Fri79°63°31%
- Sat81°65°18%
- Sun84°67°10%
- Mon87°68°6%
- Tue89°67°8%
- Wed74°60°14%
- Thu77°57°17%
- Fri80°60°17%
- Sat84°68°13%
- Sun85°69°16%
- Mon87°71°16%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of July 5, 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 — Big Foot Prairie
SPC includes Big Foot Prairie in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.
- TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
- DAY 3NONENo severe risk
Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.
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 Big Foot Prairie
- 60033