Collison, Illinois Weather
Collison, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Collison, Vermilion County.
Full aviation weather for Collison is published on the Vermilion Regional Airport (KDNV) page, 18 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 Collison 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 Collison: Rantoul National Aviation Center - Frank Elliot field (KTIP) 30 km · Frasca Field (KC16) 35 km · Paxton Airport (K1C1) 37 km · University of Illinois Willard Airport (KCMI) 45 km · Edgar County Airport (KPRG) 60 km
Conditions reported at KDNV describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Collison specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Collison.
About Collison, Illinois
Collison rests in a landscape shaped by the patient hand of agriculture, where broad fields of corn and soybeans stretch out under an expansive Illinois sky. It lies 11.5 miles north-west of Danville, IL (from Danville, IL: bearing 307°T), and is situated 7.6 miles north of Oakwood. The land here is mostly flat, a gentle, almost imperceptible swell leading the eye towards horizons that seem to go on forever. Roads cut straight lines across the terrain, dark ribbons against the green and gold tapestry of cultivated earth, and the air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, dry scent of dust and sun-baked grain. Small clusters of trees, often marking property lines or the banks of unseen drainage ditches, offer the only significant interruption to the vastness, their leaves whispering in the prevailing breeze. The story of Collison is tied to the rich soil that has sustained it for generations, a place where farming has always been the bedrock of its economy. It’s a landscape that remembers the slow, steady work of pioneers who broke the prairie sod, and the ongoing dedication of families who continue to coax bounty from the earth. While larger towns buzz with a different energy, life in Collison moves at a pace dictated by the seasons and the needs of the land. The grain elevator, a silent sentinel against the sky, stands as a quiet monument to the harvest, a tangible link to the prosperity that flows from the fields surrounding Collison.
Live animated radar for Collison 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 | Collison, Vermilion County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.225036°N, 87.803916°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61831 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Collison, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Collison, 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 Collison includes coordinates 40.225036°N, 87.803916°W, situated in Vermilion County. ZIP code 61831. 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.
