Mattoon, IL Weather Forecast
Coles County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Mattoon, 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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Mattoon, IL at a glance
Mattoon is home to about 16,560 people in Coles County, across 10 square miles. It ranks 152nd by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Charleston, 10 miles away.
- County
- Coles County
- Population
- 16,560 2023 est.
- Land area
- 10 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,606
- Forecast point
- 39.4778°N, 88.3622°W
How well can the network see Mattoon?
The nearest Doppler radar is KILX (Lincoln, IL), to the NW. Its lowest scan passes about 5,600 ft above Mattoon. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Mattoon can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KMTO (Mattoon/Coles Cnty). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Mattoon
- Charleston, IL10 mi
- Arcola, IL15 mi
- Sullivan, IL15 mi
- Tuscola, IL22 mi
- Shelbyville, IL24 mi
- Effingham, IL27 mi
- Mount Zion, IL35 mi
- Newton, IL36 mi
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