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Bloomington, Indiana
Monday, July 20, 2026
89°
Stormy
High 89°
Low 72°
132
Air Quality
Unhealthy (Sensitive)
Members of sensitive groups may experience health effects.
🌅 Sunrise
10:36 AM
🌇 Sunset
1:08 AM
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Today’s weather in Bloomington: High of 89 degrees, low of 72 degrees. Heads up, Bloomington: there’s an Air Quality Alert in effect. If you’re planning to be outdoors, especially during the morning hours, consider taking it easy. We’ll see patchy smoke and a bit of fog early, so maybe save your stroll through Dunn Woods for later in the day when it clears up and the sun shines through. By this afternoon, keep an umbrella handy as showers and thunderstorms roll in, with a good chance of rain until about 3 p.m. Skies will be mostly sunny otherwise, warming up to near 90. Tonight, it’ll be partly cloudy, dipping to around 72.
Bloomington weather summary card

Sunrise 6:36 AM · Sunset 9:08 PM · Moon: First Quarter

Heads up, Bloomington: there's an Air Quality Alert in effect. If you're planning to be outdoors, especially during the morning hours, consider taking it easy. We’ll see patchy smoke and a bit of fog early, so maybe save your stroll through Dunn Woods for later in the day when it clears up and the sun shines through.

By this afternoon, keep an umbrella handy as showers and thunderstorms roll in, with a good chance of rain until about 3 p.m. Skies will be mostly sunny otherwise, warming up to near 90. Tonight, it'll be partly cloudy, dipping to around 72.

Last updated: July 20, 2026 5:00 am

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