Carlinville, IL Weather Forecast
Macoupin County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Carlinville, 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
Free alerts for Carlinville
Every NWS warning, pushed to your phone, inbox or webhook the moment it is issued.
Carlinville, IL at a glance
Carlinville is home to about 5,531 people in Macoupin County, across 3.4 square miles. It ranks 316th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Gillespie, 11 miles away.
- County
- Macoupin County
- Population
- 5,531 2023 est.
- Land area
- 3.4 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,642
- Forecast point
- 39.2775°N, 89.8761°W
How well can the network see Carlinville?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLSX (St. Louis, MO), to the SW. Its lowest scan passes about 4,500 ft above Carlinville. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Carlinville can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is K3LF (Litchfield Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Carlinville
- Gillespie, IL11 mi
- Litchfield, IL13 mi
- Virden, IL17 mi
- Staunton, IL19 mi
- Auburn, IL22 mi
- Hillsboro, IL23 mi
- Jerseyville, IL27 mi
- Pawnee, IL27 mi
Elsewhere in Illinois
ChicagoAuroraJolietNapervilleRockfordElginAll Illinois forecasts →

