Galena, IL Weather Forecast
Jo Daviess County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Galena, 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.
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Galena, IL at a glance
Galena is home to about 3,250 people in Jo Daviess County, across 4.6 square miles. It ranks 403rd by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Dubuque, 15 miles away.
- County
- Jo Daviess County
- Population
- 3,250 2023 est.
- Land area
- 4.6 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 704
- Forecast point
- 42.4221°N, 90.4278°W
How well can the network see Galena?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDVN (Davenport, IA), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 4,200 ft above Galena. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Galena can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KDBQ (Dubuque Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Galena
- Dubuque, IA15 mi
- Asbury, IA19 mi
- Platteville, WI21 mi
- Darlington, WI24 mi
- Savanna, IL27 mi
- Maquoketa, IA28 mi
- Lena, IL31 mi
- Lancaster, WI33 mi
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