Crescent City, Illinois Weather
Crescent City, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Crescent City, Iroquois County.
Full aviation weather for Crescent City is published on the Greater Kankakee Airport (KIKK) page, 34 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 Crescent City 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 Crescent City: Kentland Municipal Airport (K50I) 36 km · Paxton Airport (K1C1) 42 km · Lake Village Airport (KC98) 54 km · Rantoul National Aviation Center - Frank Elliot field (KTIP) 58 km · Lowell Airport (KC97) 59 km
Conditions reported at KIKK describe the airfield itself. Weather 34 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Crescent City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Crescent City.
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.
Live animated radar for Crescent City 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
