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This is the current conditions weather report for Springfield. The report was made 43 minutes ago, at 11:52 UTC. The temperature was 27°F / -3°C, with a dew-point at 27°F / -3°C. The atmospheric pressure was 30.03 inHg / 1018 hPa. The relative humidity was 74%. The skies were overcast.
Springfield, Illinois is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County. As reported in the 2000 U.S. Census, the city was home to 111,454 people.
Springfield is home to at least eight public and private high schools. The public school district is District No. 186. The city is also home to two community colleges and the Springfield campus of the University of Illinois, is located on the southeast side of the city. The city is home to the Springfield campus of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, which is in the early stages of building a Cancer Institute in Springfield's Medical District. There are also two junior colleges located in Springfield, Springfield College, and Lincoln Land Community College. Due to an agreement of partnership with Springfield College in 2003, Benedictine University also has presence in Springfield.
The city of Springfield is dotted with sites centered around U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, who started his political career in Springfield. These include: the Lincoln Home National Historic Site, a National Historical Park that includes the preserved surrounding neighborhood, the Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices State Historic Site, the Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site, the Old State Capitol State Historic Site, and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Near the village of Petersburg, is New Salem, a restored hamlet of log cabins, recreating the town where Lincoln lived as a young man. With the opening of the Presidential Library and Museum in 2004, the city has seen a number of prominent visitors, including President George W. Bush and the Emir of Qatar