Dixon, IL Weather Forecast
Lee County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Dixon, 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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Dixon, IL at a glance
Dixon is home to about 15,096 people in Lee County, across 8.5 square miles. It ranks 161st by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Sterling, 12 miles away.
- County
- Lee County
- Population
- 15,096 2023 est.
- Land area
- 8.5 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,781
- Forecast point
- 41.8448°N, 89.4765°W
How well can the network see Dixon?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDVN (Davenport, IA), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 4,500 ft above Dixon. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Dixon can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KSQI (Sterling-Rock Falls Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Dixon
- Sterling, IL12 mi
- Rock Falls, IL12 mi
- Oregon, IL14 mi
- Mount Morris, IL14 mi
- Rochelle, IL22 mi
- Byron, IL22 mi
- Morrison, IL25 mi
- Davis Junction, IL27 mi
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