Gibson City, IL Weather Forecast
Ford County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Gibson City, 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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Gibson City, IL at a glance
Gibson City is home to about 3,396 people in Ford County, across 2.3 square miles. It ranks 400th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Paxton, 15 miles away.
- County
- Ford County
- Population
- 3,396 2023 est.
- Land area
- 2.3 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,463
- Forecast point
- 40.4668°N, 88.3792°W
How well can the network see Gibson City?
The nearest Doppler radar is KILX (Lincoln, IL), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 4,000 ft above Gibson City. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Gibson City can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KTIP (Rantoul/Chanute AFB). Far enough that current conditions for Gibson City are a reading from somewhere else.
Forecasts near Gibson City
- Paxton, IL15 mi
- Rantoul, IL16 mi
- Mahomet, IL19 mi
- Fairbury, IL21 mi
- Le Roy, IL22 mi
- Champaign, IL25 mi
- Urbana, IL26 mi
- Savoy, IL29 mi
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