Swansea, IL Weather Forecast
St. Clair County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Swansea, 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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Swansea, IL at a glance
Swansea is home to about 14,472 people in St. Clair County, across 6.5 square miles. It ranks 170th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Belleville, 2 miles away.
- County
- St. Clair County
- Population
- 14,472 2023 est.
- Land area
- 6.5 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,234
- Forecast point
- 38.5518°N, 89.9875°W
How well can the network see Swansea?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLSX (St. Louis, MO), to the WNW. Its lowest scan passes about 2,500 ft above Swansea. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Swansea is closer to its radar than 58% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KBLV (Belleville/Scott AFB). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Swansea
- Belleville, IL2 mi
- Fairview Heights, IL3 mi
- Shiloh, IL4 mi
- O'Fallon, IL5 mi
- Caseyville, IL6 mi
- Millstadt, IL8 mi
- Collinsville, IL9 mi
- Freeburg, IL9 mi
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