Gillespie, IL Weather Forecast
Macoupin County, Illinois
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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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Gillespie, IL at a glance
Gillespie is home to about 3,112 people in Macoupin County, across 1.5 square miles. It ranks 409th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Staunton, 8 miles away.
- County
- Macoupin County
- Population
- 3,112 2023 est.
- Land area
- 1.5 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,097
- Forecast point
- 39.1254°N, 89.8173°W
How well can the network see Gillespie?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLSX (St. Louis, MO), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 4,100 ft above Gillespie. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Gillespie can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is K3LF (Litchfield Muni). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Gillespie
- Staunton, IL8 mi
- Litchfield, IL9 mi
- Carlinville, IL11 mi
- Hillsboro, IL19 mi
- Bethalto, IL20 mi
- East Alton, IL23 mi
- Wood River, IL23 mi
- Alton, IL24 mi
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