Columbia, IL Weather Forecast
Monroe County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Columbia, 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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Columbia, IL at a glance
Columbia is home to about 10,933 people in Monroe County, across 11 square miles. It ranks 209th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Dupo, 4 miles away.
- County
- Monroe County
- Population
- 10,933 2023 est.
- Land area
- 11 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,036
- Forecast point
- 38.4581°N, 90.2160°W
How well can the network see Columbia?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLSX (St. Louis, MO), to the WNW. Its lowest scan passes about 1,800 ft above Columbia. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Columbia show up clearly. Columbia is closer to its radar than 70% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KCPS (St Louis/Downtown Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Columbia
- Dupo, IL4 mi
- Millstadt, IL7 mi
- Green Park, MO8 mi
- Cahokia Heights, IL9 mi
- Arnold, MO9 mi
- Waterloo, IL9 mi
- Shrewsbury, MO11 mi
- Crestwood, MO11 mi
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