Today's Weather - River Forest, IN
1 PM PST
Chance Rain Showers
68°F
| 7 DAY FORECAST | DESCRIPTION | HIGH/LOW | WIND |
|---|
| This Afternoon | Chance Rain Showers | 70° / 61° | SSE 13 mph |
| Saturday | Showers And Thunderstorms Likely | 77° / 63° | SSW 21 mph |
| Sunday | Partly Sunny | 82° / 64° | SSW 14 to 18 mph |
| Monday | Showers And Thunderstorms Likely | 75° / 59° | SSW 15 to 23 mph |
| Tuesday | Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | 77° / 59° | WSW 12 mph |
| Wednesday | Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | 79° / 58° | SW 10 to 14 mph |
| Thursday | Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | 75° / 52° | S 10 to 15 mph |
Average Monthly High and Low (°F)
| High | Low |
| January | 34° | 19° |
| February | 39° | 22° |
| March | 50° | 30° |
| April | 62° | 40° |
| May | 72° | 50° |
| June | 81° | 60° |
| July | 84° | 63° |
| August | 83° | 61° |
| September | 77° | 53° |
| October | 65° | 42° |
| November | 51° | 33° |
| December | 38° | 23° |
Hot, Freezing, Rainy, Snowy Days: River Forest
| Hot
Days | Freezing
Days | Rainy
Days | Snowy
Days |
| January | 0 | 27 | 10 | 4 |
| February | 0 | 23 | 9 | 3 |
| March | 0 | 19 | 10 | 1 |
| April | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| May | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| June | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| July | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| August | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| September | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| October | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| November | 0 | 14 | 10 | 0 |
| December | 0 | 25 | 11 | 3 |
YOU SHOULD KNOW
Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.
Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.
Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.