Chestnut, Illinois Weather
Chestnut, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Chestnut, Logan County.
Full aviation weather for Chestnut is published on the Logan County Airport (KAAA) page, 17 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 Chestnut 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 Chestnut: Decatur Airport (KDEC) 37 km · Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (KSPI) 48 km · Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal (KBMI) 52 km · Taylorville Municipal Airport (KTAZ) 59 km
Conditions reported at KAAA describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Chestnut specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Chestnut.
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.
Live animated radar for Chestnut 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
