Lincoln, IL Weather Forecast
Logan County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Lincoln, 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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Lincoln, IL at a glance
Lincoln is home to about 13,072 people in Logan County, across 6.2 square miles. It ranks 183rd by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Clinton, 22 miles away.
- County
- Logan County
- Population
- 13,072 2023 est.
- Land area
- 6.2 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,093
- Forecast point
- 40.1507°N, 89.3703°W
How well can the network see Lincoln?
The nearest Doppler radar is KILX (Lincoln, IL), to the E. Its lowest scan passes about 80 ft above Lincoln. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Lincoln show up clearly. Lincoln is closer to its radar than 99% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KAAA (Lincoln/Logan Cnty). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Lincoln
- Clinton, IL22 mi
- Sherman, IL22 mi
- Riverton, IL23 mi
- Heyworth, IL23 mi
- Forsyth, IL27 mi
- Springfield, IL29 mi
- Rochester, IL30 mi
- Decatur, IL31 mi
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