Butler, Illinois Weather
Butler, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Butler, Montgomery County.
Full aviation weather for Butler is published on the Vandalia Municipal Airport (KVLA) page, 39 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 Butler 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 Butler: Taylorville Municipal Airport (KTAZ) 41 km · Greenville Airport (KGRE) 43 km · Zelmer Memorial Airpark Inc Airport (K5K1) 46 km · St Louis Regional Airport (KALN) 56 km
Conditions reported at KVLA describe the airfield itself. Weather 39 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Butler specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Butler.
About Butler, Illinois
Butler rests in a gentle dip of the Illinois countryside, where the land breathes with the subtle rise and fall of agricultural fields. It lies 35.0 miles north-east of Edwardsville, IL (from Edwardsville, IL: bearing 40°T), and is situated 6.7 miles east-north-east of Litchfield. The sky above Butler seems vast, an expansive dome that can shift from a pale, washed-out blue of a summer morning to the bruised purples and fiery oranges of an evening storm. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch outwards, their orderly rows a testament to the patient hands that cultivate them, broken occasionally by stands of mature oak and maple trees that offer dappled shade. The air, especially after a rain, carries a clean, earthy scent, a mingling of damp soil and the sweet perfume of blooming clover. A quiet sense of permanence pervades Butler, a feeling of being deeply rooted in the very earth it occupies. The history of Butler is intertwined with the rich agricultural heritage of Montgomery County, a story of pioneers who saw potential in this fertile land. The local economy has long been anchored by farming, with generations of families working the soil to produce sustenance. While the rhythms of agricultural life dictate much of the year, the past also whispers of other endeavors, perhaps a small general store or a blacksmith's forge that once served the needs of a growing settlement. Though no grand monuments mark its passage, the quiet resilience of Butler speaks to the enduring spirit of its people, a character shaped by the seasons and the shared understanding of a life lived close to the land.
Live animated radar for Butler 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 | Butler, Montgomery County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.199492°N, 89.533978°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62015 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Butler, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Butler, 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 Butler includes coordinates 39.199492°N, 89.533978°W, situated in Montgomery County. ZIP code 62015. 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.
