Pekin, IL Weather Forecast
Tazewell County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Pekin, 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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Pekin, IL at a glance
Pekin is home to about 31,126 people in Tazewell County, across 16 square miles. It ranks 61st by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Bartonville, 5 miles away.
- County
- Tazewell County
- Population
- 31,126 2023 est.
- Land area
- 16 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,980
- Forecast point
- 40.5688°N, 89.6251°W
How well can the network see Pekin?
The nearest Doppler radar is KILX (Lincoln, IL), to the SSE. Its lowest scan passes about 2,000 ft above Pekin. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Pekin is closer to its radar than 67% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KPIA (Peoria Intl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Pekin
- Bartonville, IL5 mi
- Creve Coeur, IL5 mi
- East Peoria, IL8 mi
- Morton, IL9 mi
- West Peoria, IL9 mi
- Peoria Heights, IL13 mi
- Peoria, IL13 mi
- Washington, IL14 mi
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