Cairo, IL Weather Forecast and Current Conditions (62914)
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1988 - Thunderstorms developing along a fast moving cold front produced severe weather in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. Eight tornadoes were reported, including five in Indiana. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 74 mph at Wabash IND. Winds associated with the cold front itself gusted to 69 mph at Kenosha WI.
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Cairo 7 Day Weather Forecast Details
Friday Sep 19
Day: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 92. North northwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. Northwest wind around 2 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday Sep 20
Day: A slight chance of rain showers before 7am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7am and 1pm. Mostly sunny. High near 91, with temperatures falling to around 87 in the afternoon. South southwest wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Southwest wind around 2 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Sunday Sep 21
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. South southwest wind 2 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Monday Sep 22
Day: A chance of rain showers before 7am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7am and 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. South southwest wind 5 to 9 mph.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. South wind around 6 mph.
Tuesday Sep 23
Day: A chance of rain showers before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Southwest wind around 6 mph.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. East wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday Sep 24
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. South wind 3 to 8 mph.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. East northeast wind around 6 mph.
Thursday Sep 25
Day: A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. South wind 5 to 8 mph.
Night: A chance of rain showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. South southwest wind 2 to 6 mph.
Sun & Moon Monthly
Sunrise 6:43 AM
Sunset 7:00 PM
Last Light 7:25 PM
Moonset 6:09 PM
Contiguous United States Extremes
Thu's High Temperature
101 at 4 Miles South Of Tolleson, AZ
Thu's Low Temperature
18 at Peter Sinks, UT
Weather Folklore
The hooting of the owl brings rain.
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About Cairo, Illinois
Cairo ( KAIR-oh, sometimes KAY-roh) is the southernmost city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat of Alexander County. A river city, Cairo has the lowest elevation of any location in Illinois and is the only Illinois city to be surrounded by levees. The city is named after Egypt's capital on the Nile and is located in the river-crossed area of Southern Illinois known as "Little Egypt". It is coterminous with Cairo Precinct.
Cairo is located at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, the largest rivers in North America, and is near the Cache River complex, a Wetland of International Importance. Settlement began in earnest in the 1830s and busy river boat traffic expanded through the 1850s. Fort Defiance, a Civil War base, was located here in 1862 by Union General Ulysses S. Grant to control strategic access to the rivers and launch and supply his successful campaigns south. The town also served as a naval base for the Mississippi River Squadron to pursue the Anaconda Plan to win the war. Developed as a river port, Cairo was later bypassed by transportation changes away from the large expanse of low-lying land, wetland, and water, which surrounds Cairo and makes such infrastructure difficult, and due to industrial restructuring, the population peaked at 15,203 in 1920, while in the 2020 census it was 1,733.
Several blocks in the town comprise the Cairo Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The Old Customs House is also on the NRHP. The city is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson metropolitan area.
The entire city was evacuated during Mississippi River floods in 2011, after the Ohio River rose higher than the 1937 flood levels, with the possibility of Cairo being inundated by 15 feet of water. To prevent flooding in Cairo and other more populous areas farther downstream along both the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, the United States Army Corps of Engineers breached levees in the Mississippi flood zone in Missouri, near Cairo.
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