Des Plaines weather
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NWS, the American and the European model put Des Plaines's high today between 67° and 72°, a 5° split. Tomorrow: cloudy, around 72°, with a 3% chance of rain.
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Des Plaines weather in numbers
measured normals and 10 years of recorded weatherDes Plaines swings 65°F across the year, from 82°F highs in July to 17°F lows in January, and August is usually the wettest month in a year that brings about 43 in of precipitation. Over 10 years of recorded weather it averages 94 days a year at 77°F or above, 30 of them at 86°F or above, 117 frost nights, and rain on 131 days.
Day counts are from the ERA5 reanalysis for Des Plaines’s grid square, 2016 to 2025, counted the same way for every city so the numbers compare. A reanalysis square is an area, not a weather station, so it is good for counting days and not for a single day’s record.
The weather map: all three models at once
NWS, American, European side by side around Des Plaines and nearby towns.Live rain radar →Des Plaines hourly forecast: next 14 hours
consensus of the three modelsRain in the next 24 hours, model by model
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Des Plaines 10-day forecast, out to 14 days
where the models agree, and where they splitDes Plaines, Illinois (IL) is at its warmest in Jul (average highs near 82°F) and coldest in Jan (lows around 17°F), with roughly 43 in of precipitation across the year. Below, compare what NWS, American, European forecast for Des Plaines right now, and see exactly where they disagree.
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Des Plaines climate by month
average daytime high and overnight low across a typical year (1991-2020)Source: 1991-2020 averages, ERA5 for this place adjusted with NASA POWER.
How the weather around Des Plaines has changed since 1995
Des Plaines sits in the same roughly 50 km square of NASA's reanalysis as Aurora. That square shows no clear change in temperature between 1995-2004 and 2015-2024. See the full 30-year picture on the Aurora page.
Which forecast is most accurate in Des Plaines?
CheckWeather Score, graded against the weather that actually happened
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Where the models disagree
temperature and rain, judged separatelyThe models often agree on temperature and still split on rain, and rain is usually what decides whether a plan survives. A wide rain range means the shower is genuinely uncertain, not that the forecast is wrong.