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Charleston's Weather

» Temperatures sitting close to average for the next few days.

» Skies will gradually begin to clear late on Wednesday night.

» So far the weekend is looking to be sunny, but cold.

Wednesday

33F/26F

Gradual Clearing

NE 10-15

Thursday

40F/25F

Mostly Sunny

SW 5-10

Weather & Geography News

"Aurora Borealis "

Teagan Calahan, undergraduate geography major and WEIU Skywatch Forecaster, enlightens us about the colorful night sky. Read More...

"The Great Blizzard of January 25-26, 1978"

Some of us are wanting a "big" snow but have not seen it yet this year. Melissa Watson, undergraduate geography major, enlightens us of one major winter storm that dropped over 20 inches of snow over parts of the Midwest known as the "The Great Blizzard of 1978" or the "Cleveland Bomb." Read More..

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Receive our detailed three-day forecast right in your inbox and have a better idea if you should wear flip flops or not. The weather brief is forecasted and written by geographer, Cameron Craig. Read More...

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Winter Film Gives Insight to the Past

"An Illinois Winter"

The staff and students of Eastern Illinois University WeatherCenter are dedicated to educating the public about the skies above Illinois. In our first documentary film, EIUWC presents an interesting perspective on the winter that influenced the lives of those before us. "The Winter of the Deep Snow" in 1830-31 was one such winter that defined Illinois...its people and the struggle for survival against nature.

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