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New Grand Chain, IL 62941 Weather

Today: Sunny, high 79°F, low 47°F. Hourly and 10-day forecast from the National Weather Service. Times are local (CDT).

New Grand Chain, IL 62941 current weather

55°F

Mostly Sunny

Forecast for this hour. No recent report from a nearby station.

H 79° / L 47°

No recent station report. NWS hourly forecast updated 10/28/2026, 5:45 AM PT

Hourly forecast

NWS, updated 10/28/2026, 5:45 AM PT

  1. Now55°
  2. 9 AM60°
  3. 10 AM64°
  4. 11 AM69°
  5. 12 PM74°
  6. 1 PM76°
  7. 2 PM77°
  8. 3 PM79°
  9. 4 PM77°
  10. 5 PM77°
  11. 6 PM72°
  12. 7 PM63°
  13. 8 PM60°
  14. 9 PM57°
  15. 10 PM55°
  16. 11 PM53°
  17. Thu12 AM53°
  18. 1 AM52°
  19. 2 AM51°
  20. 3 AM50°
  21. 4 AM50°
  22. 5 AM49°
  23. 6 AM47°
  24. 7 AM47°
  25. 8 AM49°
  26. 9 AM55°
  27. 10 AM64°
  28. 11 AM69°
  29. 12 PM73°
  30. 1 PM76°
  31. 2 PM78°
  32. 3 PM79°
  33. 4 PM80°
  34. 5 PM78°
  35. 6 PM74°
  36. 7 PM68°
  37. 8 PM62°
  38. 9 PM59°
  39. 10 PM58°
  40. 11 PM56°
  41. Fri12 AM55°
  42. 1 AM54°
  43. 2 AM53°
  44. 3 AM52°
  45. 4 AM51°
  46. 5 AM49°
  47. 6 AM48°
  48. 7 AM49°

10-day forecast

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  • Today10/28Low 47°High 79°

    Today: Sunny. High near 79, with temperatures falling to around 77 in the afternoon. South wind around 3 mph.

    Tonight: Clear. Low around 47, with temperatures rising to around 49 overnight. South southeast wind around 2 mph.

    Sunny
  • Thu10/29Low 48°High 80°

    Thursday: Sunny. High near 80, with temperatures falling to around 78 in the afternoon. South southwest wind 1 to 6 mph.

    Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48. South wind around 1 mph.

    Sunny
  • Fri10/30Low 55°High 81°

    Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. East southeast wind around 2 mph.

    Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. East northeast wind around 1 mph.

    Mostly Sunny
  • Sat10/3152% chance of precipitationLow 55°High 74°

    Saturday: A slight chance of rain showers after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. East southeast wind around 3 mph.

    Saturday Night: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Southeast wind around 2 mph.

    Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Rain Showers
  • Sun11/154% chance of precipitationLow 53°High 71°

    Sunday: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. Southeast wind 2 to 6 mph.

    Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Southeast wind around 2 mph.

    Chance Rain Showers
  • Mon11/245% chance of precipitationLow 56°High 72°

    Monday: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. South southeast wind 1 to 7 mph.

    Monday Night: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. South southeast wind 3 to 7 mph.

    Chance Rain Showers
  • Tue11/349% chance of precipitationLow 51°High 74°

    Tuesday: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. South wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

    Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. South southeast wind around 7 mph.

    Chance Rain Showers
  • Wed11/4Model blend41% chance of precipitationLow 47°High 67°

    Wednesday: Chance of rain. High near 67°. Low that night near 47°. About 0.40 in of precipitation.

    Computer model guidance from the NOAA National Blend of Models, not a forecast written by NWS forecasters. Expect changes this far out.

  • Thu11/5Model blend12% chance of precipitationLow 42°High 65°

    Thursday: Partly cloudy. High near 65°. Low that night near 42°.

    Computer model guidance from the NOAA National Blend of Models, not a forecast written by NWS forecasters. Expect changes this far out.

  • Fri11/6Model blendLow High 64°

    Friday: Partly cloudy. High near 64°.

    Computer model guidance from the NOAA National Blend of Models, not a forecast written by NWS forecasters. Expect changes this far out.

Forecast for 37.247, -88.988 from the NWS PAH office, updated 10/28/2026, 5:45 AM PT · Official forecast on weather.gov

Days 8 to 10: NOAA National Blend of Models, station KPAH (Paducah/Barkley Rgnl, 17 mi), model run 10/27/2026, 6:00 PM CDT

From the National Weather Service; may be delayed. Not for life-safety decisions. In an emergency, call 911.

Next 6 hours

NWS hourly forecast

  1. Now55°Mostly Sunny1%1 mph
  2. 9 AM60°Sunny1%1 mph
  3. 10 AM64°Sunny1%1 mph
  4. 11 AM69°Sunny1%2 mph
  5. 12 PM74°Sunny1%3 mph
  6. 1 PM76°Sunny1%3 mph

Hourly details

Next 7 days: temperature chart, feels like, rain and snow amounts, sky cover, wind and gustsShow
45°65°85°0%100%WedThuFriSatSunMonTue79°53°80°47°81°48°74°55°71°57°72°55°73°57°

Line: temperature °F. Bars: chance of precipitation.

  1. WedNow55°1%1
  2.  9 AM60°1%1
  3.  10 AM64°1%1
  4.  11 AM69°1%2
  5.  12 PM74°1%3
  6.  1 PM76°1%3
  7.  2 PM77°1%3
  8.  3 PM79°1%3
  9.  4 PM77°1%3
  10.  5 PM77°1%2
  11.  6 PM72°1%1
  12.  7 PM63°1%1
  13.  8 PM60°1%1
  14.  9 PM57°1%1
  15.  10 PM55°1%1
  16.  11 PM53°1%1
  17. Thu 10/2912 AM53°1%1
  18.  1 AM52°1%1
  19.  2 AM51°1%1
  20.  3 AM50°1%1
  21.  4 AM50°1%2
  22.  5 AM49°1%1
  23.  6 AM47°1%1
  24.  7 AM47°0%1
  25.  8 AM49°0%2
  26.  9 AM55°0%2
  27.  10 AM64°0%3
  28.  11 AM69°0%5
  29.  12 PM73°0%6
  30.  1 PM76°0%6
  31.  2 PM78°0%6
  32.  3 PM79°0%5
  33.  4 PM80°0%3
  34.  5 PM78°0%2
  35.  6 PM74°0%1
  36.  7 PM68°0%0
  37.  8 PM62°0%0
  38.  9 PM59°0%0
  39.  10 PM58°0%0
  40.  11 PM56°0%0
  41. Fri 10/3012 AM55°0%0
  42.  1 AM54°0%0
  43.  2 AM53°0%0
  44.  3 AM52°0%0
  45.  4 AM51°0%0
  46.  5 AM49°0%0
  47.  6 AM48°0%0
  48.  7 AM49°0%0
  49.  8 AM54°0%0
  50.  9 AM60°0%1
  51.  10 AM66°0%1
  52.  11 AM71°0%1
  53.  12 PM75°0%2
  54.  1 PM78°0%2
  55.  2 PM80°0%2
  56.  3 PM81°0%2
  57.  4 PM80°0%2
  58.  5 PM77°0%1
  59.  6 PM73°0%1
  60.  7 PM69°0%0
  61.  8 PM66°0%0
  62.  9 PM64°0%0
  63.  10 PM62°0%0
  64.  11 PM60°0%0
  65. Sat 10/3112 AM60°0%0
  66.  1 AM59°0%0
  67.  2 AM59°0%0
  68.  3 AM58°0%0
  69.  4 AM57°0%0
  70.  5 AM56°0%0
  71.  6 AM55°0%1
  72.  7 AM55°4%1
  73.  8 AM58°4%1
  74.  9 AM61°4%2
  75.  10 AM65°4%2
  76.  11 AM68°4%2
  77.  12 PM70°4%3
  78.  1 PM71°20%3
  79.  2 PM73°20%3
  80.  3 PM74°20%3
  81.  4 PM73°20%3
  82.  5 PM71°20%3
  83.  6 PM69°20%2
  84.  7 PM66°31%2
  85.  8 PM64°31%2
  86.  9 PM62°31%2
  87.  10 PM60°31%2
  88.  11 PM59°31%2
  89. Sun 11/112 AM59°31%1
  90.  1 AM59°52%1
  91.  1 AM59°52%1
  92.  2 AM58°52%2
  93.  3 AM58°52%2
  94.  4 AM57°52%2
  95.  5 AM57°52%2
  96.  6 AM57°54%2
  97.  7 AM59°54%3
  98.  8 AM61°54%3
  99.  9 AM64°54%5
  100.  10 AM66°54%5
  101.  11 AM68°54%6
  102.  12 PM69°26%6
  103.  1 PM70°26%6
  104.  2 PM71°26%6
  105.  3 PM71°26%6
  106.  4 PM70°26%5
  107.  5 PM67°26%3
  108.  6 PM65°15%2
  109.  7 PM63°15%2
  110.  8 PM61°15%1
  111.  9 PM60°15%1
  112.  10 PM59°15%1
  113.  11 PM59°15%0
  114. Mon 11/212 AM59°19%0
  115.  1 AM58°19%0
  116.  2 AM57°19%0
  117.  3 AM56°19%0
  118.  4 AM55°19%0
  119.  5 AM55°19%1
  120.  6 AM56°30%1
  121.  7 AM59°30%2
  122.  8 AM62°30%2
  123.  9 AM65°30%3
  124.  10 AM67°30%5
  125.  11 AM69°30%5
  126.  12 PM70°38%6
  127.  1 PM71°38%7
  128.  2 PM72°38%7
  129.  3 PM72°38%7
  130.  4 PM71°38%7
  131.  5 PM68°38%6
  132.  6 PM66°43%5
  133.  7 PM64°43%5
  134.  8 PM62°43%3
  135.  9 PM61°43%3
  136.  10 PM61°43%3
  137.  11 PM61°43%3
  138. Tue 11/312 AM61°45%3
  139.  1 AM60°45%5
  140.  2 AM59°45%5
  141.  3 AM58°45%6
  142.  4 AM57°45%6
  143.  5 AM57°45%7
  144.  6 AM58°49%7
  145.  7 AM60°49%8
  146.  8 AM63°49%9
  147.  9 AM66°49%10
  148.  10 AM68°49%10
  149.  11 AM70°49%10
  150.  12 PM71°46%10
  151.  1 PM72°46%12
  152.  2 PM73°46%13
  153.  3 PM73°46%13
  154.  4 PM71°46%10
  155.  5 PM68°46%8
  156.  6 PM65°39%6

Temperature °F · chance of precipitation · wind in mph

NWS hourly forecast updated 10/28/2026, 5:45 AM PT

Radar and satellite

National radar

NEXRAD (last 50 min) and GOES

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Nearby hazards

Illinois hazards

Severe storm and flash flood outlooks, expected rain, river flooding and wildfires near this area

  • Severe storm outlook today:No thunderstorm risk area over this locationOutlook map
  • Excessive rainfall outlook (flash flood risk):Could not check the Weather Prediction Center outlook right now.
  • River gauges within 40 miles at or above flood stage: None reported
  • Active wildfires within 50 miles: Could not check wildfire incidents right now.

Drought

By county

Pulaski County, week of 10/20/2026

5% of the county is in moderate drought or worse.

Sun and moon

Local time, center of the area

Sunrise
7:16 AM
Sunset
6:02 PM
Daylight
10 hr 46 min
Moon
Waning Gibbous 93% lit
First light (civil dawn)
6:49 AM
Last light (civil dusk)
6:29 PM
Moonrise
7:35 PM
Moonset
10:14 AM

Normal October weather

Climate

Normal October high 71°, low 48°, precipitation 4.04 in for the month. 1991 to 2020 normals at Grand Chain Dam 53, 4 mi away.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the high temperature today in New Grand Chain, IL 62941?
The National Weather Service forecast for today calls for a high near 79°F. Sunny.
Will it rain in New Grand Chain, IL 62941 in the next 24 hours?
The NWS hourly forecast does not show any hour with a 50% or higher chance of precipitation in the next 24 hours.
What is the 10-day forecast for New Grand Chain, IL 62941?
The first 7 days come from the National Weather Service forecast. Days 8 to 10 (Nov 4 to Nov 6) come from the NOAA National Blend of Models, with highs of 64°F to 67°F and up to a 41% chance of precipitation. Model guidance this far out often changes.
What time is sunrise and sunset in New Grand Chain, IL 62941 today?
Sunrise is about 7:16 AM CDT and sunset is about 6:02 PM CDT (calculated for the center of the area, within a few minutes).
What is the normal October weather in New Grand Chain, IL 62941?
At Grand Chain Dam 53, the 1991 to 2020 normal high in October is 71°F and the normal low is 48°F.

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