Bloomington, IL Weather Forecast
McLean County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Bloomington, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Bloomington, IL at a glance
Bloomington is home to about 78,587 people in McLean County, across 27 square miles. It ranks 12th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Normal, 3 miles away.
- County
- McLean County
- Population
- 78,587 2023 est.
- Land area
- 27 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,899
- Forecast point
- 40.4758°N, 88.9699°W
How well can the network see Bloomington?
The nearest Doppler radar is KILX (Lincoln, IL), to the SW. Its lowest scan passes about 1,800 ft above Bloomington. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Bloomington show up clearly. Bloomington is closer to its radar than 71% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KBMI (Bloomington Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Bloomington
- Normal, IL3 mi
- Heyworth, IL11 mi
- Le Roy, IL14 mi
- El Paso, IL18 mi
- Clinton, IL23 mi
- Eureka, IL23 mi
- Morton, IL28 mi
- Washington, IL29 mi
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