Zion, IL Weather Forecast
Lake County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Zion, 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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Zion, IL at a glance
Zion is home to about 24,206 people in Lake County, across 9.9 square miles. It ranks 92nd by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Beach Park, 2 miles away.
- County
- Lake County
- Population
- 24,206 2023 est.
- Land area
- 9.9 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,437
- Forecast point
- 42.4599°N, 87.8511°W
How well can the network see Zion?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMKX (Milwaukee, WI), to the NW. Its lowest scan passes about 3,500 ft above Zion. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KUGN (Waukegan Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Zion
- Beach Park, IL2 mi
- Winthrop Harbor, IL2 mi
- Wadsworth, IL4 mi
- Pleasant Prairie, WI5 mi
- Waukegan, IL6 mi
- Gurnee, IL8 mi
- Park City, IL8 mi
- Kenosha, WI9 mi
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