Springfield ~59° · clear · tonight ~47° · sunny Tuesday ~79°
National Weather Service observations at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport at 7:15 p.m. CT Monday showed 59°F under clear skies with calm winds and humidity around 63%, after an afternoon that topped out near 74°F.
The NWS forecast (updated about 7:31 p.m. CT) calls for a clear night with a low around 47°F and an east-southeast wind near 5 mph, then a sunny Tuesday near 79°F with a south wind of 5–9 mph (gusts to ~16 mph) and a mostly clear Tuesday night around 57°F. Wednesday looks sunny near 84°F, Thursday sunny near 80°F, and Friday sunny near 79°F. St. Louis was 66°F and clear at 7:30 p.m. (tonight ~49°, Tuesday ~81°, Wednesday ~88°); Chicago O’Hare was 57°F and clear with an east breeze (tonight ~52°, Tuesday sunny ~71° with south gusts to ~25 mph).
Paraphrased for the Oct 5, 2026 Monday evening digest. Read the original at the source link. Not affiliated with the newsroom.