Arcola, Illinois Weather
Arcola, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Arcola, Douglas County.
Full aviation weather for Arcola is published on the Tuscola Airport (KK96) page, 11 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 Arcola 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 Arcola: Coles County Memorial Airport (KMTO) 23 km · University of Illinois Willard Airport (KCMI) 40 km · Casey Municipal Airport (K1H8) 50 km · Decatur Airport (KDEC) 51 km · Frasca Field (KC16) 52 km
Conditions reported at KK96 describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Arcola specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Arcola, Illinois
Arcola rests on a flat, fertile expanse, its horizons stretching out towards a sky that often seems impossibly vast. It lies 29.9 miles south of Urbana, IL (from Urbana, IL: bearing 190°T), and is situated 8.0 miles south of Tuscola. The land here is a deep, rich loam, the kind that promises abundance, giving way to rows of corn and soybeans that ripple like a green sea under the prairie wind. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, sweet scent of drying grasses and distant earth, a subtle perfume that clings to the senses. The houses, many with wide porches, seem to hunker down against the immensity of the open country, their gardens bursting with a determined, vibrant color. This is a place shaped by the steady hand of agriculture, its economy deeply rooted in the bounty of the surrounding fields, a tradition stretching back to its founding. The Illinois Central Railroad once carved a vital artery through this land, connecting its nascent prosperity to wider markets, and the echoes of that industrial past still linger in the quiet hum of the grain elevators. More recently, Arcola has become known for a different kind of richness, a vibrant community that has found a unique expression in its Amish heritage, a visible reminder of a simpler, more deliberate way of life that coexists with the modern world, adding a distinctive layer to the character of Arcola.
Live animated radar for Arcola 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 | Arcola, Douglas County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.684755°N, 88.306437°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61910 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Arcola, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Arcola, 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 Arcola includes coordinates 39.684755°N, 88.306437°W, situated in Douglas County. ZIP code 61910. Telephone area code: 309. 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.
