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Kankakee, Illinois
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Almanac
Average High: 82°
Average Low: 58°
Record high/year: 96° (1983)
Record low/year: 50° (1985)
Sunrise: 6:07 AM
Sunset: 7:40 PM
Detailed History
Sun and Moon
Sunrise: 06:07 AM (CDT)
Moon Rise: 09:46 PM (CDT) 8 21
Sunset: 07:40 PM (CDT)
Moon Set: 11:25 AM (CDT) 8 21
Moon Phase
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Forecast data from the National Digital Forecast Database
5-Day Forecast
Forecast for Kankakee
Overnight
Mostly cloudy with chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Temperatures nearly steady in the upper 60s. Southeast winds around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
Friday
Considerable cloudiness with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds around 10 mph early in the evening becoming light and variable in the late evening and overnight.
Saturday
Considerable cloudiness with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds around 10 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds in the evening becoming northwest around 10 mph after midnight.
Sunday
Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of light showers in the morning. Highs in the mid 80s.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy in the evening then clearing. Lows in the upper 50s.
Monday
Mostly sunny. Highs around 80.
Monday Night and Tuesday
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the lower 80s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
Wednesday through Thursday
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows in the mid 60s.
Local Storm Report
08/21/2008 0349 PM
Chalmette, St Bernard Parish.
Funnel cloud, reported by Emergency Mngr.
A funnel cloud was spotted near Murphy oil in Meraux.
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Location: Cap Estates, Bourbonnais, IL Updated: 11:02 PM CDT |
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| Temperature: 72.3 °F | Dew Point: 66 °F | Humidity: 80% | Wind: SE at 2.2 mph | Pressure: 30.03 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Heat Index: 73 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: Downtown Manteno, Manteno, IL Updated: 11:02 PM CDT |
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| Temperature: 71.6 °F | Dew Point: 66 °F | Humidity: 84% | Wind: Calm | Pressure: 29.44 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Heat Index: 71 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: The Sommerfelds, Peotone, IL Updated: 11:02 PM CDT |
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| Temperature: 72.3 °F | Dew Point: 69 °F | Humidity: 90% | Wind: ESE at 5.2 mph | Pressure: 30.02 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Heat Index: - | Historical Graphs |
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Location: Grant Park County Line, Beecher, IL Updated: 11:02 PM CDT |
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| Temperature: 71.8 °F | Dew Point: 57 °F | Humidity: 60% | Wind: SE at 4.0 mph | Pressure: 29.18 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Heat Index: 76 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: Southwestern Will County, Braidwood, IL Updated: 11:02 PM CDT |
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| Temperature: 73.9 °F | Dew Point: 66 °F | Humidity: 77% | Wind: ESE at 8.1 mph | Pressure: 29.32 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Heat Index: 75 °F | Historical Graphs |
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Location: WGFA Radio - Watseka, Watseka, IL Updated: 11:02 PM CDT |
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| Temperature: 73.7 °F | Dew Point: 69 °F | Humidity: 84% | Wind: NNE at 1.0 mph | Pressure: 29.94 in | Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in | Heat Index: 73 °F | Historical Graphs |
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NWS Forecaster Discussion
568 fxus63 klot 212353 afdlot Area forecast discussion National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville Illinois 653 PM CDT Thursday Aug 21 2008 Discussion... 305 PM CDT Upper low lifting north-northeast across eastern Iowa early this afternoon with first in series of short waves ejecting NE into southern Manitoba ahead of upper low crossing from far southeast b.C. To the Alberta-Montana border. As the western upper low center progresses eastward to far southern Saskatchewan by 12z Friday the disturbance over Iowa continues to open as it continues north-northeast to northwest WI. More substantial but still mainly light rain has been confined to areas closer to the MS river while the local forecast area has seen only spotty light showers and sprinkles as deeper dry air in place this far east. The main disturbance will be passing into southeast WI by late afternoon resulting in a decrease in precipitation across northern Illinois. However...appears to be a couple of minor short waves riding north-northeast up the west side of the eastern noam upper ridge with scattered thunderstorms and rain noted from central Illinois south-southwest to la and eastern Texas. Much of this diurnally driven but will keep chance mention for overnight and Friday as these impulses travel across the middle MS valley to the local area. Probability of precipitation rise for Sat and Sat evening with a cold front slowly approaching and eventually dropping through northern Illinois and northwest ind in response to the Canadian system progressing further east and reaching near James Bay by 06z sun. Low level moisture pooling ahead of the front results in increasing instability/cape values with some thunderstorms and rain ahead of the front expected with heating during Sat and until frontal passage Sat night. Low threat of precipitation across the region beyond any lingering rain showers in the far southern portion of the forecast area early sun a.M. As high pressure building from S central Canada and the northern plains east across the upper Midwest and Great Lakes sun through Wednesday dominates. Trs && Aviation... 0000 UTC tafs...with the high pressure to the east and a developing trough to the west...a southerly gradient has set up across the Midwest. This is allowing Gulf moisture to stream northward. A series of upper level impulses are rippling through the southerly flow...and are focusing scattered rain showers/thunderstorms and rain moving quickly through northern Illinois. The latest radar imagery shows the precipitation moving between rfd and dpa...so Ord/mdw/gyy should remain dry for the evening rush. Rfd and dpa will have the better chance of seeing any wetting rain...and any thunder will likely be closer to rfd. With little eastward progression to the pattern...expect that winds will remain generally southerly through the period. The precipitation forecast remains a serious challenge as the rain showers/thunderstorms and rain will generally be scattered...with occasional patches with greater coverage under the focus of the individual upper level impulses. These have been rather difficult to time...but expect that then next more extensive patch of rain will be during the early morning hours and again during the late afternoon hours tomorrow. Given the upstream trends and the scattered nature of the precipitation...do not see much potential for IFR ceilings for the western tafs...but rfd could potentially see some IFR ceilings as the more widespread rain will be in that area. Krein && Marine... 1245 am CDT High pressure off to the east pushing further east as cold front approaching from the upper MS valley late tonight and Friday. Will maintain a moderate SW flow until frontal passage Saturday night when winds shift to the northwest. Winds likely to pick up early Sat to 25 kts with tighter pressure gradient out ahead of front. Winds continuing to veer to north and northeast Sunday and Monday as high pressure fills into the lakes. Winds then becoming more south Wednesday as high pressure shifts off to the east. No outlook for gales. Rlb && Lot watches/warnings/advisories... Illinois...none. In...none. Lm...none. && $$