Metropolis, IL Weather Forecast
Massac County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Metropolis, 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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Metropolis, IL at a glance
Metropolis is home to about 5,782 people in Massac County, across 6 square miles. It ranks 305th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Paducah, 6 miles away.
- County
- Massac County
- Population
- 5,782 2023 est.
- Land area
- 6 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 960
- Forecast point
- 37.1496°N, 88.6874°W
How well can the network see Metropolis?
The nearest Doppler radar is KPAH (Paducah, KY), to the SW. Its lowest scan passes about 360 ft above Metropolis. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Metropolis show up clearly. Metropolis is closer to its radar than 97% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KM30 (Metropolis Muni). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Metropolis
- Paducah, KY6 mi
- Calvert City, KY18 mi
- Benton, KY28 mi
- Mayfield, KY29 mi
- Marion, KY36 mi
- Anna, IL37 mi
- Charleston, MO39 mi
- Harrisburg, IL41 mi
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