Pontiac, IL Weather Forecast
Livingston County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Pontiac, 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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Pontiac, IL at a glance
Pontiac is home to about 11,010 people in Livingston County, across 8.4 square miles. It ranks 208th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Fairbury, 12 miles away.
- County
- Livingston County
- Population
- 11,010 2023 est.
- Land area
- 8.4 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,310
- Forecast point
- 40.8893°N, 88.6414°W
How well can the network see Pontiac?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLOT (Chicago, IL), to the NNE. Its lowest scan passes about 4,300 ft above Pontiac. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Pontiac can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KPNT (Pontiac Muni). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Pontiac
- Fairbury, IL12 mi
- Dwight, IL18 mi
- Streator, IL19 mi
- El Paso, IL22 mi
- Marseilles, IL27 mi
- Normal, IL31 mi
- Gibson City, IL32 mi
- Coal City, IL33 mi
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