Barclay, Illinois Weather
Barclay, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Barclay, Sangamon County.
Full aviation weather for Barclay is published on the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (KSPI) 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. 5 airfields within reach of Barclay 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 Barclay: Logan County Airport (KAAA) 35 km · Taylorville Municipal Airport (KTAZ) 41 km · Decatur Airport (KDEC) 56 km · Havana Regional Airport (K9I0) 58 km
Conditions reported at KSPI describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Barclay specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Barclay.
About Barclay, Illinois
Barclay lies spread across the gently rolling terrain of central Illinois, a place where the wide prairie sky seems to press down, vast and often a startling, luminous blue. It lies 8.4 miles north-east of Springfield, IL (from Springfield, IL: bearing 53°T), and is situated 4.8 miles east-south-east of Sherman. The land itself, a quilt of cultivated fields and scattered woodlands, breathes a quiet resilience, the soil a deep, rich brown that promises abundance. In the late afternoon, the sunlight slants low, casting long, soft shadows that stretch across the stubble of harvested corn and the nascent green of winter wheat, lending a golden hue to the ordinary, a subtle magic to the everyday landscape. The air, especially after a rain, carries the clean, earthy scent of damp soil and the distant, sweet perfume of drying hay. The roots of Barclay run deep into the agricultural heritage of Sangamon County, a history etched not in grand monuments, but in the persistent, quiet work of generations who coaxed sustenance from this fertile ground. For many years, the local economy was tied to the land, to the cycles of planting and harvest, a rhythm that still informs the pace of life here. Though the modern world has brought changes, a sense of continuity persists, a feeling that the past is not so much gone as it is layered beneath the present, a quiet hum in the background of daily existence. The distinctive character of Barclay is one of understated strength, a testament to the enduring spirit of a place shaped by the land and the people who have called it home.
Live animated radar for Barclay 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 | Barclay, Sangamon County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.874772°N, 89.517876°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62684, 61312 |
| Area Code | 217, 815 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Barclay, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Barclay, 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 Barclay includes coordinates 39.874772°N, 89.517876°W, situated in Sangamon County. ZIP code 62684, 61312. Telephone area code: 217, 815. 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.
