Merrillville, IN Weather Forecast
Lake County, Indiana
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Merrillville, 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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Merrillville, IN at a glance
Merrillville is home to about 36,347 people in Lake County, across 33 square miles. It ranks 27th by population of 175 places in Indiana with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Hobart, 4 miles away.
- County
- Lake County
- Population
- 36,347 2023 est.
- Land area
- 33 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,094
- Forecast point
- 41.4727°N, 87.3181°W
How well can the network see Merrillville?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLOT (Chicago, IL), to the WNW. Its lowest scan passes about 2,700 ft above Merrillville. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Merrillville is closer to its radar than 55% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KGYY (Gary Intl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Merrillville
- Hobart, IN4 mi
- Crown Point, IN5 mi
- Winfield, IN5 mi
- Schererville, IN7 mi
- Griffith, IN7 mi
- Lake Station, IN8 mi
- St. John, IN8 mi
- Gary, IN8 mi
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