Normal, IL Weather Forecast
McLean County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Normal, 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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Normal, IL at a glance
Normal is home to about 52,618 people in McLean County, across 18 square miles. It ranks 27th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Bloomington, 3 miles away.
- County
- McLean County
- Population
- 52,618 2023 est.
- Land area
- 18 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,852
- Forecast point
- 40.5197°N, 88.9907°W
How well can the network see Normal?
The nearest Doppler radar is KILX (Lincoln, IL), to the SW. Its lowest scan passes about 1,900 ft above Normal. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Normal show up clearly. Normal is closer to its radar than 69% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KBMI (Bloomington Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Normal
- Bloomington, IL3 mi
- Heyworth, IL14 mi
- El Paso, IL15 mi
- Le Roy, IL17 mi
- Eureka, IL20 mi
- Clinton, IL26 mi
- Morton, IL26 mi
- Washington, IL27 mi
Elsewhere in Illinois
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