Crescent City, Illinois Weather
Crescent City, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Crescent City, Iroquois County.
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About Crescent City, Illinois
Crescent City rests in a broad, fertile expanse where the land itself seems to hold its breath under an immense sky. It lies 24.2 miles south of Kankakee, IL (from Kankakee, IL: bearing 180°T), and is situated 6.4 miles west of Watseka. The terrain here is a testament to the slow, inexorable work of glaciers, leaving behind a landscape of gentle swells and broad, open fields that stretch towards a horizon often softened by the haze of distant corn and soybean harvests. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a clean, cool scent of damp earth and growing things, a subtle perfume that whispers of the deep, rich soil. Even the straight lines of the roads, cutting across the prairie, cannot entirely tame the feeling of boundless space, of nature's quiet, persistent dominion. The history of Crescent City is as deeply plowed as the fields that surround it, a story rooted in the agricultural ambitions of settlers drawn to this rich prairie land. For generations, the economy of Crescent City has been inextricably tied to the earth, to the cyclical bounty of grain and livestock that have sustained families and shaped the character of the place. There is a quiet resilience in its people, a pragmatism born of working the land and weathering its caprices. While the grand pronouncements of industry may be absent, there is a profound dignity in the enduring rhythm of planting and harvest, a local tradition that continues to define Crescent City and the lives lived within its embrace.
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| Location | Crescent City, Iroquois County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.770035°N, 87.858925°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60928 |
| Area Code | 630, 331 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Crescent City, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crescent City, 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 Crescent City includes coordinates 40.770035°N, 87.858925°W, situated in Iroquois County. ZIP code 60928. Telephone area code: 630, 331. 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.
