Charleston, IL Weather Forecast
Coles County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Charleston, 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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Charleston, IL at a glance
Charleston is home to about 17,028 people in Coles County, across 8.9 square miles. It ranks 150th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Mattoon, 10 miles away.
- County
- Coles County
- Population
- 17,028 2023 est.
- Land area
- 8.9 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,915
- Forecast point
- 39.4838°N, 88.1779°W
How well can the network see Charleston?
The nearest Doppler radar is KILX (Lincoln, IL), to the NW. Its lowest scan passes about 6,500 ft above Charleston. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Charleston can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KMTO (Mattoon/Coles Cnty). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Charleston
- Mattoon, IL10 mi
- Arcola, IL15 mi
- Tuscola, IL22 mi
- Sullivan, IL24 mi
- Marshall, IL27 mi
- Paris, IL28 mi
- Effingham, IL32 mi
- Shelbyville, IL34 mi
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