Chicago's Election Day Forecast Warms Up: Near 72 Degrees Now, With Rain Holding Off Until After the Polls Close
The station's live feed has lifted Tuesday's high to about 72 — four degrees warmer than the forecast carried earlier Monday — with a 32 percent rain chance during the day and Wednesday's soaking (84 percent) still on schedule behind it.
Election Day in Chicago will feel more like late spring than early November. The station's live Open-Meteo feed, read late Monday night, now puts Tuesday's high at 71.9 degrees — revised up from the near-68 forecast carried earlier in the day — with a low of 59.1 and a 32 percent chance of precipitation.
For voters, the practical read is simple: the walk to the polls should be mild in a light jacket, and the day's rain chance is the small, scattered kind rather than a washout. Polls are open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. across Chicago and Cook County.
The pattern turns after the votes are cast. Wednesday stays wet — the feed holds an 84 percent rain chance with a high of 63.7 — and the rest of the week cools steadily, with highs of 56.6 Thursday and 50.9 Friday before a dry, milder weekend near 51 Saturday and 56.5 Sunday.
It is currently 58.4 degrees and overcast in Chicago. The Weather Desk will update the Election Day file if the morning feed moves the rain chance materially in either direction.
