Hopedale, Illinois Weather
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Hopedale weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 5Overcast——84°69°—
- MondayJul 6Overcast——83°66°-1°
- TuesdayJul 7Overcast——82°63°-1°
- WednesdayJul 8Light Drizzle——83°65°+1°
- ThursdayJul 9Thunderstorm45%0.80″83°67°0°
- FridayJul 10Thunderstorm45%—83°70°0°
- SaturdayJul 11Drizzle22%0.05″82°69°-1°
AQI 26 (Good), driven by Ozone. Ozone at AQI 43 now. With UV 5.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 28 around 1 PM.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 43 now. With UV 5.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 28 around 1 PM.
- Present
- AQI 43
- UV peak
- 5.0 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- clear
- Projected peak
- AQI 28
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 5.2 µg/m³, PM10 at 5.8 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.90
- Wind
- light
- 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
- 11:16 PM
- Moonset
- 11:09 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon
Hopedale at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 8°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 19 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
ZIP code: 61747
16-Day Forecast — Hopedale
- Sun84°69°9%
- Mon83°66°4%
- Tue82°63°1%
- Wed83°65°3%
- Thu83°67°45%
- Fri83°70°45%
- Sat82°69°22%
- Sun85°69°11%
- Mon88°69°4%
- Tue88°75°4%
- Wed77°61°5%
- Thu77°55°32%
- Fri81°61°22%
- Sat85°67°30%
- Sun86°72°29%
- Mon88°72°23%
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 — Hopedale
SPC includes Hopedale 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 Hopedale
- 61747