Current Weather and Forecast Sites
These weather sites offer a variety of information such as current conditions, forecasts, and maps. Some offer such extras as sun and moon data, fishing tables, and personal weather station information from your area.
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Weather.com offers 10-day and hour by hour forecasts, as well as satellite, radar, and temperature maps that can be accessed by using the drop down box on the left under the Weather Center map. The Sports and Recreation tab on the upper right provides outdoors and fishing information, including a "Fishing Forecast." |
Weather.com |
Outdoorsfanweather.com offers temperature, radar, wind, and a variety of weather maps and a five-day forecast by using the search box in the middle. Sun and moonrise and set times, moon phases, a Great Lakes forecast map, and a lunar calendar are available. |
Outdoorsfanweather.com |
Enter a variety of data in the search box (zip code is the quickest) to access current conditions, a ten-day forecast, and hour by hour details. Bar graphs show relative humidity, percentages of cloud cover and precipitation chances, and UV index. Intellicast.com also has sun and moonrise and set times, moon phase, and wind direction and speed. |
Intellicast.com |
Weather Underground gives current conditions, ten-day, and hour by hour forecasts by using the search box at the upper left. Moon phases, satellite and radar maps, and personal weather station data from your area are available. |
Wunderground.com |
Anythingweather.com offers current conditions and a five-day forecast. Use the search box in the upper left corner. Enter your zip or city and state, then click on your weather station. Clicking on "Wx Maps" at the upper right will access a variety of weather maps. |
Anythingweather.com |
Weather.gov is the National Weather Service site. Click on Illinois in the U.S. map. Be precise because each state has several links within it, which are described by text messages as you click. You can also use the search box at the upper left to get a variety of forecast and map options. |
Weather.gov |
Accuweather.com offers current, hour by hour, and 15-day forecasts by using the search box at the upper left. Available maps include radar, satellite, temperature, wind speed, and a chance of precipitation chart. |
Accuweather.com |
Sun and Moon Rise/Set Times, Moon PhasesThese weather sites provide information about sunrise and set times, moonrise and set times, moon phases, and lengths of twilight and daylight.
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Phases of the moon data by day, hour, and minute are available in a section of the U.S. Navy web site. |
aa.usno.navy.mil/moon |
On this Navy web page you can obtain the times of sun and moon rise/set, the beginning and end of twilight, along with the moon phase for one day by specifying the date and location in a form and clicking on the "Get data" button. |
aa.usno.navy.mil/day |
This page of the Navy site will provide sun and moon data for an entire year for any location. |
aa.usno.navy.mil/Year |
If you want to calculate the duration of daylight for any year, use this Navy web page. |
aa.usno.navy.mil/Day |
You can create a custom sun and moon monthly calendar for Illinois cities at SunriseSunset.com. Select a city, month, and year and you will get a printable calendar with sun and moon rise/set times, twilight times, and moon phase by clicking the "Submit" button. |
Sunrisesunset.com |
TimeandDate.com will calculate moonrise and moonset times and moon phases for locations around the world, as well as provide a variety of weather-related links. |
Timeanddate.com/moon |
Also at TimeandDate.com is a chart of sunrise, sunset, and length of daylight. |
Timeanddate.com/sun |
Almanac.com calculates sun and moon times and length of daylight for any location in the U.S. and Canada by inputting a date and either zip code or town and state. |
Almanac.com |
These sites provide information and predictions about the best fishing times per day and hour by using sun and moon data.
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In-Fisherman offers "Best Fishing Times" in a monthly calendar format that shows the best days of the month and best hours of the day. Click on the desired month to get an enlarged version. |
In-fisherman.com |
PrimeTimes2.com provides a free lunar calendar and also sells a variety of "Best Times" products that are more detailed.
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Primetimes2.com |
SolunarForecast.com has a "Solunar Monthly Prediction Chart" for wildlife activity. Enter a zip code, month, and year to create the chart. |
Solunarforecast.com/ch |
SolunarForecast.com also has a "Weekly Solunar Forecast" that includes a weather forecast, sun and moon data, and a "Best Times" prediction. |
Solunarforecast.com/fc |
Monthly Solunar predictions are also offered in text format by SolunarForecast.com. |
Solunarforecast.com/sc |
Lake-Link.com has a "Peak Fishing Times and Lunar Phases" calendar that predicts best fishing times in a calendar format. |
Lake-link.com/moon |
FLWOutdoors.com offers a monthly Solunar Tables calendar. |
FLWOutdoors.com |
These sites provide charts and calculators that determine wind chill factors based on wind speed and air temperature and the heat index based on air temperature and either relative humidity or dew point.
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Easysur.cc provides both heat index and wind chill calculators in a variety of formats. |
Easysurf.cc |
Use this wind chill calculator by inserting the air temperature and wind speed and clicking on "Calculate Wind Chill." |
observe.arc.nasa.gov
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Insert the temperature and wind speed and click "Convert" to get wind chill factors on this National Weather Service page.
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srh.noaa.gov/wind |
Springfog.com also provides a wind chill calculator. |
Springfrog.com |
This NOAA web page provides wind chill factors in chart form with 5-degree increments. |
nws.noaa.gov/wind |
Weather.com also has wind chill factors in chart form with 5-degree increments. |
Weather.com/wind
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Insert the temperature and relative humidity and click "Convert" to get the heat index on this National Weather Service page.
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srh.noaa.gov/heat |
Weather.com shows heat index in chart form, based on relative humidity. |
Weather.com/heat
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This NOAA web page also provides the heat index in chart form. |
nws.noaa.gov/heat |
