Ancona, Illinois Weather
Ancona, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ancona, Livingston County.
Full aviation weather for Ancona is published on the Dwight Airport (KDTG) page, 38 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 3 airfields within reach of Ancona have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Ancona: Morris Municipal Airport James R. Washburn field (KC09) 57 km · Cushing Field Ltd Airport (K0C8) 58 km
Conditions reported at KDTG describe the airfield itself. Weather 38 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ancona specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ancona.
About Ancona, Illinois
Ancona rests under a broad Illinois sky, a quiet collection of structures spread across the gently rolling terrain of Livingston County. It lies 36.9 miles north of Normal, IL (from Normal, IL: bearing 10°T), and is situated 5.9 miles south-south-west of Streator. The land here is a vast, fertile plain, its horizons stretching out in uninterrupted lines that speak of endless cultivation. In the summer, the air hangs thick and heavy, carrying the earthy scent of turned soil and ripening corn, a sweetness that lingers long after the sun has dipped below the western edge of the fields. The few roads that crisscross Ancona are straight and purposeful, like the furrows in the rich, dark earth, leading in and out of the small cluster of homes and businesses that make up the village. The history of Ancona is tied to the railroad that once sliced through this agricultural heartland, a lifeline for the grain that has long been the lifeblood of the region. The economy here is still deeply rooted in the bounty of the soil, with farmers tending to vast fields of corn and soybeans that stretch to meet the sky. While the steam and whistle of the trains have faded, the quiet diligence of the people remains, a steady, enduring presence. Ancona is a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life, where the dust kicked up by a passing combine is a familiar sight, and the distant hum of machinery is the soundtrack to the day.
Live animated radar for Ancona and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Ancona, Livingston County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.040588°N, 88.872574°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61311 |
| Area Code | 815 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ancona, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ancona, Illinois, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Ancona includes coordinates 41.040588°N, 88.872574°W, situated in Livingston County. ZIP code 61311. Telephone area code: 815. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
