Biggs, Illinois Weather
Biggs, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Biggs, Mason County.
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About Biggs, Illinois
Biggs rests in a broad, flat expanse of Illinois farmland, a place where the sky feels immense and the horizon a constant, unwavering line. It lies 26.5 miles south-south-west of Pekin, IL (from Pekin, IL: bearing 212°T), and is situated 9.2 miles east-south-east of Havana. The land here is fertile, a deep, rich loam that has been shaped by generations of cultivation, stretching out in vast, geometric fields of corn and soybeans that ripple like a green and gold sea under the sun. A scattering of trees, mostly hardy oaks and maples, offers occasional punctuation to the wide-open vistas, their branches reaching skyward as if in quiet supplication. The air, especially in the languid heat of summer, carries the sweet, dusty scent of dry earth and ripening crops, a perfume unique to this agricultural heartland. The history of Biggs is as deeply rooted as the crops that define its economy, a story of pioneers who saw the potential in this flat, fertile ground and carved out a life from its bounty. The local economy still hums with the steady pulse of agriculture, the rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the pace of life for many. While no grand monuments pierce the sky, the grain elevators that stand sentinel on the edge of Biggs are their own kind of cathedral, testament to the enduring strength of the land and the people who tend it. Occasionally, a whisper of its past emerges in the weathered clapboard of older homes or the faint, almost forgotten, tracks of a railway that once brought goods and travelers to this quiet corner of Mason County.
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| Location | Biggs, Mason County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.241432°N, 89.90428°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62633, 61068 |
| Area Code | 217, 847, 224 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Biggs, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Biggs, Illinois, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Biggs includes coordinates 40.241432°N, 89.904280°W, situated in Mason County. ZIP code 62633, 61068. Telephone area code: 217, 847, 224. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
