Cullom, Illinois Weather
Cullom, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cullom, Livingston County.
Full aviation weather for Cullom is published on the Pontiac Municipal Airport (KPNT) page, 30 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. 4 airfields within reach of Cullom 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 Cullom: Dwight Airport (KDTG) 32 km · Greater Kankakee Airport (KIKK) 42 km · Paxton Airport (K1C1) 49 km
Conditions reported at KPNT describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cullom specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cullom.
About Cullom, Illinois
Cullom rests in a landscape of broad, fertile plains, where the horizon stretches with an almost unbroken sweep. It lies 27.1 miles south-west of Kankakee, IL (from Kankakee, IL: bearing 232°T), and is situated 8.7 miles north of Chatsworth. The land here is a study in subtle contours, a gentle swell and fall that guides the eye across fields of corn and soybeans, their green hues deepening to an emerald richness under the summer sun. A quiet sort of beauty presides, not in dramatic vistas but in the persistent, earthy scent of turned soil and the vast, ever-shifting canvas of the sky. The air itself seems to carry a stillness, broken only by the distant hum of farm machinery or the sudden, startling call of a meadowlark. The history of Cullom is intimately tied to the rich agricultural heartland of Livingston County. Founded in the late 19th century, its growth was spurred by the railroad, a vital artery bringing prosperity and connecting this prairie settlement to wider markets. The local economy still thrives on the bounty of the land, with grain elevators standing as stoic sentinels, their silos reaching for the sky like monuments to a farming heritage. While not a place of grand attractions, Cullom possesses a distinct character, a quiet resilience forged in the shared experience of cultivating the soil and navigating the predictable, yet always subtly changing, seasons.
Live animated radar for Cullom 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 | Cullom, Livingston County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.877812°N, 88.269218°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60929 |
| Area Code | 630, 331 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cullom, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cullom, 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 Cullom includes coordinates 40.877812°N, 88.269218°W, situated in Livingston County. ZIP code 60929. 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.
