Near-90 Degrees, Summer-Like Temps Move In For Work Week: IL Weather

CHICAGO — After a month-long stretch in which peeks at the sun came at a premium, things are about to heat up this week with summer-like weather that is sure to put the recent dreary weather in the rearview mirror.

Temperatures this week will hang around the 80s and, with humidity factored in, could feel like the 90s, the National Weather Service is predicting. The stretch of warm weather is expected to last into next weekend when conditions will cool off and return spring to the greater Chicago area, forecasters predict.

The warmer air will kick up some chances for rain and possible thunderstorms, but the chances of precipitation will be much less prevalent than in recent weeks. The pleasant conditions will begin Monday when temperatures will reach near 80 degrees and that will bring some breezy conditions into the area with wind gusts reaching up to 35 mph in some instances, the weather service said.

Overnight temperatures this week will remain in the mid-60s, which is close to the normal average high for the time of the year. The real warm-up kicks in on Tuesday when temperatures will reach 88 for most areas, which will bring a slight chance of rain and storms into the region Tuesday evening into the overnight hours.

Wednesday will bring a high of 81, forecasters said, before things warm back up near 90 for Thursday with humid conditions before things drop into the upper 70s for Friday.

The weekend appears to be equally mild with temperatures remaining slightly above average and in the 70s as the longest stretch of spring-time weather continues.