Paxton, IL Weather Forecast
Ford County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Paxton, 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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Paxton, IL at a glance
Paxton is home to about 4,348 people in Ford County, across 3 square miles. It ranks 357th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Rantoul, 11 miles away.
- County
- Ford County
- Population
- 4,348 2023 est.
- Land area
- 3 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,432
- Forecast point
- 40.4563°N, 88.1034°W
How well can the network see Paxton?
The nearest Doppler radar is KILX (Lincoln, IL), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 5,500 ft above Paxton. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Paxton can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KTIP (Rantoul/Chanute AFB). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Paxton
- Rantoul, IL11 mi
- Gibson City, IL15 mi
- Hoopeston, IL23 mi
- Mahomet, IL24 mi
- St. Joseph, IL24 mi
- Urbana, IL24 mi
- Champaign, IL25 mi
- Savoy, IL29 mi
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