Princeton, IL Weather Forecast
Bureau County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Princeton, 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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Princeton, IL at a glance
Princeton is home to about 7,700 people in Bureau County, across 8.2 square miles. It ranks 270th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Spring Valley, 15 miles away.
- County
- Bureau County
- Population
- 7,700 2023 est.
- Land area
- 8.2 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 934
- Forecast point
- 41.3806°N, 89.4641°W
How well can the network see Princeton?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDVN (Davenport, IA), to the WNW. Its lowest scan passes about 4,600 ft above Princeton. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Princeton can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KVYS (Peru/Illinois Valley Rgnl). Far enough that current conditions for Princeton are a reading from somewhere else.
Forecasts near Princeton
- Spring Valley, IL15 mi
- Peru, IL17 mi
- LaSalle, IL19 mi
- Oglesby, IL21 mi
- Mendota, IL22 mi
- Kewanee, IL26 mi
- Rock Falls, IL30 mi
- Sterling, IL31 mi
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