Armstrong, Illinois Weather
Armstrong, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Armstrong, Vermilion County.
Full aviation weather for Armstrong is published on the Rantoul National Aviation Center - Frank Elliot field (KTIP) page, 22 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. 5 airfields within reach of Armstrong 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 Armstrong: Paxton Airport (K1C1) 26 km · Vermilion Regional Airport (KDNV) 27 km · Frasca Field (KC16) 32 km · University of Illinois Willard Airport (KCMI) 45 km
Conditions reported at KTIP describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Armstrong specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Armstrong.
About Armstrong, Illinois
Armstrong spreads itself across the gentle swells of the Vermilion County prairie, a place where the horizon asserts its dominion and the sky seems to hold its breath. It lies 18.1 miles north-west of Danville, IL (from Danville, IL: bearing 314°T), and is situated 7.6 miles east of Gifford. Fields of corn and soybeans, in their verdant youth or burnished gold depending on the season, stretch outward like rumpled blankets, occasionally broken by stands of mature oak and maple that offer a deeper, somber green. The air here carries the clean, earthy scent of turned soil and growing things, a fragrance that deepens with the coming of evening, when the sun bleeds color into the western sky, painting the clouds in strokes of rose and amethyst. The houses of Armstrong are mostly modest, their porches a stage for quiet contemplation or neighborly exchange, their lawns trimmed with a care that suggests a deep-rooted connection to this land. The history of Armstrong is inextricably tied to the fertile ground it occupies, a story of agriculture and the enduring spirit of those who have worked this soil. It grew from the need to support the farms that dotted this corner of Illinois, a place where grain elevators once stood as silent sentinels to the bounty of the harvest. While large-scale industry has largely bypassed Armstrong, its economy continues to be rooted in the cycles of planting and reaping, a testament to the land's persistent generosity. The quiet hum of tractors in the distance, or the occasional rumble of a train carrying its agricultural cargo, are the dominant sounds that punctuate the days in Armstrong, a soundtrack to a life lived in close communion with the earth.
Live animated radar for Armstrong 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Armstrong, Vermilion County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.306424°N, 87.877809°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61812 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Armstrong, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Armstrong, 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 Armstrong includes coordinates 40.306424°N, 87.877809°W, situated in Vermilion County. ZIP code 61812. 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.
