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Hazardous Weather Conditions

Current conditions at

Fairfield, Fairfield Municipal Airport (KFWC)

Lat: 38.38°NLon: 88.41°WElev: 436ft.

Fair

60°F

16°C

Humidity 53%
Wind Speed Calm
Barometer 29.81 in
Dewpoint 42°F (6°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Last update 8 Nov 4:15 pm CST
Extended Forecast for

3 Miles NNE Sims IL

  • This Afternoon

    This Afternoon: Partly sunny, with a steady temperature around 60. Calm wind.

    High: 60 °F

    Partly Sunny

  • Tonight

    Tonight: Rain and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then a chance of rain between midnight and 2am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 38. Light and variable wind becoming northwest 11 to 16 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

    Low: 38 °F

    Showers
    Likely then
    Mostly Cloudy

  • Sunday

    Sunday: A chance of sprinkles before 5pm, then a chance of sprinkles and flurries. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Breezy, with a northwest wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

    High: 42 °F

    Breezy then
    Chance
    Sprinkles/Flurries
    and Breezy

  • Sunday Night

    Sunday Night: A chance of flurries before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. Northwest wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

    Low: 23 °F

    Chance
    Flurries

  • Monday

    Monday: A chance of flurries, mixing with sprinkles after 11am, then gradually ending. Sunny, with a high near 40. Northwest wind 8 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

    High: 40 °F

    Chance
    Sprinkles/Flurries
    then Sunny

  • Monday Night

    Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 21. West northwest wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable.

    Low: 21 °F

    Mostly Clear

  • Veterans Day

    Veterans Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph.

    High: 50 °F

    Partly Sunny
    then Partly
    Sunny and
    Breezy

  • Tuesday Night

    Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38. West southwest wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

    Low: 38 °F

    Mostly Clear

  • Wednesday

    Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 62. West wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

    High: 62 °F

    Sunny

Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon
Partly sunny, with a steady temperature around 60. Calm wind.
Tonight
Rain and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then a chance of rain between midnight and 2am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 38. Light and variable wind becoming northwest 11 to 16 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Sunday
A chance of sprinkles before 5pm, then a chance of sprinkles and flurries. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Breezy, with a northwest wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
Sunday Night
A chance of flurries before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. Northwest wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Monday
A chance of flurries, mixing with sprinkles after 11am, then gradually ending. Sunny, with a high near 40. Northwest wind 8 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 21. West northwest wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable.
Veterans Day
Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 38. West southwest wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with a high near 62. West wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 33. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 60. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the morning.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. South wind 3 to 6 mph.
Friday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. South southwest wind 6 to 11 mph.
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Point Forecast:
3 Miles NNE Sims IL
 38.41°N 88.51°W
Last Update:
3:06 pm CST Nov 8, 2025
Forecast Valid:
4pm CST Nov 8, 2025-6pm CST Nov 14, 2025
 
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