Olney, IL Weather Forecast
Richland County, Illinois
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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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Olney, IL at a glance
Olney is home to about 8,512 people in Richland County, across 6.9 square miles. It ranks 250th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Sumner, 12 miles away.
- County
- Richland County
- Population
- 8,512 2023 est.
- Land area
- 6.9 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,228
- Forecast point
- 38.7281°N, 88.0842°W
How well can the network see Olney?
The nearest Doppler radar is KVWX (Evansville, IN), to the SSE. Its lowest scan passes about 2,500 ft above Olney. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Olney is closer to its radar than 59% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KOLY (Olney/Noble Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Olney
- Sumner, IL12 mi
- Newton, IL18 mi
- Lawrenceville, IL21 mi
- Flora, IL21 mi
- Robinson, IL27 mi
- Mount Carmel, IL27 mi
- Fairfield, IL29 mi
- Vincennes, IN31 mi
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