Election Day Forecast Improves for Chicago: Rain Chance Drops to 30 Percent, and Wednesday Still Soaks
The station feed now puts Tuesday at 68 degrees with the rain chance cut nearly in half from this morning's reading — good news for voters, with the week's real rain holding off until Wednesday at 88 percent.
Chicago's Election Day forecast has improved through Monday. The station's live weather feed, read at midday, now puts Tuesday, November 3 at a high of 68.5 degrees with a 30 percent chance of precipitation — down from the 51 to 54 percent rain chances the same feed carried this morning, when Election Day looked considerably wetter. For voters heading to precinct polling places and vote centers between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m., the updated picture is a mild, mostly manageable day rather than a rainy one.
The rest of the week has not changed its mind. Monday finishes overcast and cool — 57.3 degrees at the midday reading, feeling like 54.7, with a high of 60.1 and only a 6 percent rain chance — and Wednesday remains the week's soaking day, at a high of 63.7 degrees with an 88 percent chance of rain. Anyone with Wednesday travel or outdoor work should still plan around a wet day; it is Tuesday that has come around.
Behind the rain, the week turns properly November. Thursday tops out at 56.4 degrees with a 16 percent rain chance, Friday falls to 51 with a low of 43.2, and the weekend settles near 50 — Saturday at 50.2 degrees and Sunday at 48.7, with overnight lows in the low 40s. The Election Day warmth, in other words, is a one-day gift: vote in the mild weather Tuesday, and keep the heavier coat ready from Wednesday on.
