Arcadia, Illinois Weather
Arcadia, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Arcadia, Morgan County.
Full aviation weather for Arcadia is published on the Jacksonville Municipal Airport (KIJX) page, 7 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. 6 airfields within reach of Arcadia 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 Arcadia: Greater Beardstown Airport (KK06) 20 km · Havana Regional Airport (K9I0) 47 km · Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (KSPI) 48 km · Mount Sterling Municipal Airport (KI63) 50 km · Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport (KPPQ) 51 km
Conditions reported at KIJX describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Arcadia specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Arcadia.
About Arcadia, Illinois
Arcadia rests in the gently rolling terrain of western Illinois, a landscape sculpted by the slow, deliberate work of glaciers and millennia of rainfall. It lies 32.0 miles west of Springfield, IL (from Springfield, IL: bearing 275°T), and is situated 7.3 miles north of Jacksonville. Here, the sky feels vast, a canvas of shifting blues and grays that often melts into the horizon in a soft, hazy embrace. Fields of corn and soybeans, stitched together by weathered fence lines, stretch out in a patchwork quilt, their colors deepening to a rich emerald and gold under the summer sun. Scattered groves of oak and maple trees offer pockets of shade, their leaves rustling with a sound like distant whispers on the breeze. The air itself carries a particular scent, a blend of turned earth, ripening grain, and the faint, sweet perfume of wild clover after a spring shower. The history of Arcadia is deeply intertwined with the fertile soil that defines its surroundings, a testament to the enduring legacy of agriculture. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of rich farmland, established this community as a hub for the bounty of the Illinois countryside. The local economy, though modest, remains anchored in the cultivation and processing of crops, with grain elevators standing as quiet sentinels against the wide-open sky, their spires reaching towards the heavens. While no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring character of Arcadia is found in the quiet diligence of its residents, the familiar greetings exchanged at the general store, and the shared understanding that life here unfolds at a rhythm dictated by the seasons and the steady pulse of the land.
Live animated radar for Arcadia 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 | Arcadia, Morgan County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.839214°N, 90.244844°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62650, 61231 |
| Area Code | 217, 847, 224 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Arcadia, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Arcadia, 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 Arcadia includes coordinates 39.839214°N, 90.244844°W, situated in Morgan County. ZIP code 62650, 61231. Telephone area code: 217, 847, 224. 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.
