Kankakee, IL Weather Forecast
Kankakee County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Kankakee, 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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Kankakee, IL at a glance
Kankakee is home to about 23,503 people in Kankakee County, across 15 square miles. It ranks 97th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Bradley, 4 miles away.
- County
- Kankakee County
- Population
- 23,503 2023 est.
- Land area
- 15 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,552
- Forecast point
- 41.1017°N, 87.8637°W
How well can the network see Kankakee?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLOT (Chicago, IL), to the NNW. Its lowest scan passes about 2,400 ft above Kankakee. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Kankakee is closer to its radar than 61% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KIKK (Kankakee Arpt). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Kankakee
- Bradley, IL4 mi
- Bourbonnais, IL6 mi
- Manteno, IL10 mi
- Momence, IL11 mi
- Peotone, IL16 mi
- Beecher, IL21 mi
- Wilmington, IL22 mi
- Braidwood, IL22 mi
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