Chestnut, Illinois Weather
Chestnut, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Chestnut, Logan County.
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About Chestnut, Illinois
Chestnut rests in the expansive heartland, where the sky stretches in an unbroken panorama, a canvas for the slow dance of clouds. It lies 19.1 miles north-west of Decatur, IL (from Decatur, IL: bearing 320°T), and is situated 5.9 miles east-north-east of Mount Pulaski. The land here is a gentle, rolling prairie, a vast green quilt stitched with the darker threads of cultivated fields and punctuated by the occasional, solitary oak or maple standing sentinel against the wind. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a subtle sweetness, a blend of sun-baked earth and the distant, blooming clover, and the very light seems to soften, casting long, golden shadows that blur the edges of the horizon. The character of Chestnut is one of quiet persistence, a place where life unfolds with the steady, reliable cadence of the seasons. The history of Chestnut is deeply entwined with the fertile soil of Logan County, a testament to generations who have coaxed sustenance from this land. Its economy, like many in this region, has long been anchored in agriculture, with corn and soybeans dominating the landscape that surrounds the small cluster of homes and businesses. The railroad, a vital artery in the past, once pulsed through this area, carrying the bounty of the harvest to distant markets, and though its roar may have faded, the memory of that industrial hum still lingers. Chestnut itself is a small crossroads, a place where the simple needs of rural life are met, and its distinctiveness lies not in grand monuments but in the enduring spirit of its people and the quiet beauty of its open, windswept spaces.
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| Location | Chestnut, Logan County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.053652°N, 89.185366°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62518 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Chestnut, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chestnut, 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 Chestnut includes coordinates 40.053652°N, 89.185366°W, situated in Logan County. ZIP code 62518. 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. 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.
