Detroit, Illinois Weather
Detroit, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Detroit, Pike County.
Full aviation weather for Detroit is published on the Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport (KPPQ) page, 9 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 Detroit 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 Detroit: Jacksonville Municipal Airport (KIJX) 41 km · Mount Sterling Municipal Airport (KI63) 42 km · Greater Beardstown Airport (KK06) 46 km · Bowling Green Municipal Airport (KH19) 54 km · Quincy Regional Airport Baldwin Field (KUIN) 57 km
Conditions reported at KPPQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Detroit specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Detroit.
About Detroit, Illinois
Detroit, Illinois, lies in a quiet pocket of Pike County where the land begins to gently swell and dip, hinting at the Mississippi River's distant embrace. It lies 44.6 miles east-south-east of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 119°T), and is situated 6.9 miles east of Pittsfield. The sky here, especially in the late afternoon, stretches wide and washes over fields of corn and soybeans, turning the dust kicked up by passing pickups into a soft, golden haze. Oak and hickory trees, their branches gnarled like ancient hands, punctuate the horizon, their shadows lengthening across the rich, dark soil that gives life to this place. The air itself carries a stillness, broken only by the drone of cicadas in summer or the rustle of dry leaves in autumn, a palpable calm that settles deep into the bones. This is a landscape shaped by generations of farmers, their lives tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest, a tradition that still forms the bedrock of Detroit's local economy. The history of this region is etched not in grand monuments but in the weathered barns and the quiet persistence of families who have worked this land for over a century. While not a hub of industry, the agricultural backbone provides a steady, if unhurried, rhythm to life, with the general store and the small church serving as quiet centers of gravity. The nearby Illinois River, though not directly touching Detroit, whispers its influence through the humidity that clings to the air on summer days and the fertile soil it helped create, a constant, unseen presence shaping the character of this enduring corner of Illinois.
Live animated radar for Detroit 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Detroit, Pike County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.620603°N, 90.676794°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62363 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Detroit, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Detroit, 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 Detroit includes coordinates 39.620603°N, 90.676794°W, situated in Pike County. ZIP code 62363. Telephone area code: 217. 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.
