Salem, IL Weather Forecast
Marion County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Salem, 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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Salem, IL at a glance
Salem is home to about 7,056 people in Marion County, across 7 square miles. It ranks 277th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Centralia, 11 miles away.
- County
- Marion County
- Population
- 7,056 2023 est.
- Land area
- 7 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,009
- Forecast point
- 38.6275°N, 88.9594°W
How well can the network see Salem?
The nearest Doppler radar is KVWX (Evansville, IN), to the ESE. Its lowest scan passes about 5,900 ft above Salem. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Salem can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KSLO (Salem/Leckrone Arpt). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Salem
- Centralia, IL11 mi
- Mount Vernon, IL22 mi
- Carlyle, IL22 mi
- Vandalia, IL25 mi
- Flora, IL26 mi
- Greenville, IL29 mi
- Nashville, IL30 mi
- Breese, IL30 mi
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