Atlanta, Illinois Weather
Atlanta, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Atlanta, Logan County.
Full aviation weather for Atlanta is published on the Logan County Airport (KAAA) page, 14 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 Atlanta 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 Atlanta: Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal (KBMI) 36 km · Pekin Municipal Airport (KC15) 45 km · Decatur Airport (KDEC) 57 km · General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (KPIA) 59 km · Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (KSPI) 60 km
Conditions reported at KAAA describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Atlanta specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Atlanta, Illinois
Atlanta, Illinois, is a place where the horizon stretches wide and the sky feels impossibly vast. It lies 20.0 miles south-west of Bloomington, IL (from Bloomington, IL: bearing 219°T), and is situated 5.1 miles south-west of McLean. The land here, a gently rolling prairie, is a canvas of greens and golds depending on the season, broken only by the straight lines of farm fields and the occasional cluster of trees that gather around farmsteads. The air itself carries a clean, open scent, a mixture of turned earth and the breath of distant cornfields, especially potent in the quiet hours of early morning before the sun fully claims the sky. The character of Atlanta is one of quiet persistence, a town that has weathered its share of storms, both literal and figurative, with a grounded resilience. Atlanta's story is deeply entwined with the rich agricultural heritage of Logan County, a land long dedicated to the cultivation of crops that feed a nation. The town itself, established in the mid-19th century, grew alongside the railroads that were the lifeblood of the prairie, connecting its bounty to wider markets. The local economy still largely revolves around agriculture, with grain elevators standing as stoic sentinels against the sky, a constant reminder of the land's enduring productivity. A notable landmark, the Atlanta Public Library, stands as a hub of community life, a place where the past and present of this Illinois settlement quietly converse.
Live animated radar for Atlanta 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 | Atlanta, Logan County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.259485°N, 89.233424°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61723 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Atlanta, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Atlanta, 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 Atlanta includes coordinates 40.259485°N, 89.233424°W, situated in Logan County. ZIP code 61723. 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.
