Effingham, IL Weather Forecast
Effingham County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Effingham, 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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Effingham, IL at a glance
Effingham is home to about 12,258 people in Effingham County, across 11 square miles. It ranks 194th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Newton, 23 miles away.
- County
- Effingham County
- Population
- 12,258 2023 est.
- Land area
- 11 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,145
- Forecast point
- 39.1198°N, 88.5509°W
How well can the network see Effingham?
The nearest Doppler radar is KVWX (Evansville, IN), to the SE. Its lowest scan passes about 6,200 ft above Effingham. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Effingham can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is K1H2 (Effingham Cnty). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Effingham
- Newton, IL23 mi
- Shelbyville, IL24 mi
- Mattoon, IL27 mi
- Flora, IL32 mi
- Vandalia, IL32 mi
- Charleston, IL32 mi
- Sullivan, IL33 mi
- Pana, IL35 mi
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