Coleta, Illinois Weather
Coleta, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Coleta, Whiteside County.
Full aviation weather for Coleta is published on the Whiteside County Airport - Joseph H Bittorf Field (KSQI) page, 21 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. 6 airfields within reach of Coleta 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 Coleta: Tri Township Airport (KSFY) 30 km · Dixon Municipal Charles R. Walgreen Field (KC73) 31 km · Ogle County Airport (KC55) 37 km · Albertus Airport (KFEP) 42 km · Clinton Municipal Airport (KCWI) 44 km
Conditions reported at KSQI describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Coleta specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Coleta.
About Coleta, Illinois
Coleta rests in the broad, fertile embrace of Whiteside County, a place where the land unfurls in gentle, sweeping undulations under a sky that often seems to stretch on forever. It lies 44.4 miles south-west of Rockford, IL (from Rockford, IL: bearing 235°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-west of Sterling. The terrain here is a testament to the patient work of glaciers and rivers, a patchwork of rich prairie soil crisscrossed by the occasional meandering creek, its banks lined with willows that whisper in the prevailing breeze. Sunlight, when it breaks through the clouds, casts a warm, buttery glow across the fields, illuminating the emerald of summer crops or the burnished gold of autumn cornstalks, a quiet beauty that settles deep into the bones of anyone who stops to notice. This stretch of Illinois farmland, where Coleta has taken root, has long been shaped by the tireless spirit of agriculture, its economy intrinsically tied to the bounty of the earth. Generations have worked this soil, coaxing sustenance from its depths, and the legacy of their labor is visible in the sturdy farmhouses and weathered barns that dot the landscape. While Coleta itself is a small place, it is part of a larger narrative of rural persistence, a community that understands the cycles of planting and harvest, the quiet satisfaction of a well-tended field. The nearby Mississippi River, though not directly adjacent, exerts a subtle influence, its vastness and the ceaseless flow of its waters a distant, powerful echo against the backdrop of Coleta's tranquil existence.
Live animated radar for Coleta 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 | Coleta, Whiteside County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.902251°N, 89.802337°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61081 |
| Area Code | 847, 224 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Coleta, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Coleta, 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 Coleta includes coordinates 41.902251°N, 89.802337°W, situated in Whiteside County. ZIP code 61081. Telephone area code: 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. 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.
