Chester, IL Weather Forecast
Randolph County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Chester, 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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Chester, IL at a glance
Chester is home to about 6,732 people in Randolph County, across 5.8 square miles. It ranks 287th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Ste. Genevieve, 13 miles away.
- County
- Randolph County
- Population
- 6,732 2023 est.
- Land area
- 5.8 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,166
- Forecast point
- 37.9258°N, 89.8277°W
How well can the network see Chester?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLSX (St. Louis, MO), to the NW. Its lowest scan passes about 5,800 ft above Chester. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Chester can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KPCD (Perryville Muni). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Chester
- Ste. Genevieve, MO13 mi
- Perryville, MO14 mi
- Sparta, IL16 mi
- Red Bud, IL22 mi
- Murphysboro, IL29 mi
- Pinckneyville, IL29 mi
- Du Quoin, IL33 mi
- Waterloo, IL34 mi
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