What Will Labor Day Weekend 2022 Weather Be Like In Illinois?

ILLINOIS — The weather on Labor Day Weekend, considered the last hurrah of summer, may feel more like fall in Illinois before the holiday is over, according to AccuWeather.

The week started with sticky, hot weather over much of the country, but forecasters expect that to change as a cooler air mass from Canada moves in.

“The unseasonably warm, humid air in place early this week can set the stage for a dramatic clash of air masses,” AccuWeather Meteorologist Mary Gilbert said on the private weather company’s website.

Friday will be quite warm, with a high of 88 degrees for Chicago, according to AccuWeather. The weather company is calling for "very warm and more humid" weather.

Things will cool slightly for the start of the weekend on Saturday, which has a high of 82 degrees. AccuWeather said a thunderstorm is possible in parts of the area and gave a 40 percent chance of precipitation.

Sunday will be "partly sunny and pleasant" with a high of 75, according to AccuWeather. Monday will be similar with a high of 80, and is set to be sunny and dry.

As it moves across the country, the cold front is expected to trigger severe thunderstorms from the Plains to the Midwest before moving into the interior Northeast, much of the Appalachians and the mid-Atlantic states.

By Thursday, most of the eastern half of the country should be experiencing temperatures in the 80s that are more typical of late summer and early fall, according to the forecast.

AccuWeather said the cooler Labor Day Weekend weather forecast is merely a reprieve from the heat and humidity. AccuWeather’s fall 2022 forecast calls for a warmer-than-normal start to autumn.