Ashland, Illinois Weather
Ashland, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Ashland, Cass County.
Full aviation weather for Ashland is published on the Jacksonville Municipal Airport (KIJX) page, 23 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 Ashland 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 Ashland: Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (KSPI) 29 km · Greater Beardstown Airport (KK06) 35 km · Havana Regional Airport (K9I0) 37 km · Zelmer Memorial Airpark Inc Airport (K5K1) 52 km
Conditions reported at KIJX describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ashland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Ashland, Illinois
Ashland sits at the confluence of gentle, rolling hills and broad, fertile plains, a landscape shaped by millennia of wind and water. It lies 20.2 miles west-north-west of Springfield, IL (from Springfield, IL: bearing 287°T), and is situated 4.7 miles west-north-west of Pleasant Plains. The land here breathes a quiet resilience, the soil a rich, dark loam that yields generously under the wide, often brilliant, Illinois sky. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch to the horizon, their green and gold hues shifting with the passing sun, while stands of oak and hickory punctuate the open country, their branches reaching like ancient, weathered hands. The air itself carries a certain weight, a humid softness in summer that mellows into a crisp, invigorating chill as autumn approaches, hinting at the deep, earthy scent of fallen leaves and damp soil. This corner of Cass County, Ashland, has long drawn its character from the land's bounty, its economy historically tethered to the cycles of agriculture. The founding families, sturdy folk accustomed to the demands of rural life, established a community built on hard work and neighborly reliance. While the larger economic currents have shifted over the decades, the spirit of self-sufficiency and connection to the earth remains a quiet undercurrent in Ashland's daily life. The occasional grain elevator, a sentinel against the sky, still stands as a testament to the enduring importance of the harvest, a silent echo of generations who have cultivated this place.
Live animated radar for Ashland 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 | Ashland, Cass County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.887826°N, 90.007891°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62612 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ashland, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ashland, 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 Ashland includes coordinates 39.887826°N, 90.007891°W, situated in Cass County. ZIP code 62612. Telephone area code: 217. 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.
