Dewey, Illinois Weather
Dewey, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Dewey, Champaign County.
Full aviation weather for Dewey is published on the Rantoul National Aviation Center - Frank Elliot field (KTIP) page, 12 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 Dewey 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 Dewey: Paxton Airport (K1C1) 20 km · Frasca Field (KC16) 20 km · University of Illinois Willard Airport (KCMI) 31 km · Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal (KBMI) 56 km · Vermilion Regional Airport (KDNV) 60 km
Conditions reported at KTIP describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dewey specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dewey.
About Dewey, Illinois
Dewey, Illinois, unfolds across a landscape of gently rolling terrain, a testament to the unhurried sculpting of glaciers and millennia of wind-swept prairie. It lies 14.1 miles north of Champaign, IL (from Champaign, IL: bearing 352°T), and is situated 6.7 miles west of Rantoul. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards horizons that seem to hold the sky in their vast embrace, a living quilt stitched with the verdant greens of summer and the golden hues of harvest. The air here, especially in the languid afternoons, carries the subtle scent of sun-baked earth and distant, cut grass, a fragrance that settles deep into the lungs. Scattered farmhouses, their silos like sentinels against the wide sky, punctuate the expanse, each a small, solitary world anchored to the rich, dark soil. The subtle shimmer of heat rising from the asphalt of the county road hints at the deep, resonant warmth that can settle over this land during the heart of summer. The history of Dewey is deeply entwined with the agricultural heartland of Champaign County, a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pulse of life. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile soil, established homesteads and farms that laid the foundation for the enduring agrarian economy. While no grand monuments mark its past, the quiet persistence of farming families and the continuous cultivation of the land serve as a living history. The small, unassuming nature of Dewey belies its connection to the larger agricultural enterprise that fuels the region, with its produce finding its way to markets far beyond these open fields. The local character is one of quiet diligence, a steady unfolding of daily routines that mirrors the slow, dependable growth of the crops that define this place.
Live animated radar for Dewey 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 | Dewey, Champaign County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.318922°N, 88.281996°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61840 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dewey, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dewey, 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 Dewey includes coordinates 40.318922°N, 88.281996°W, situated in Champaign County. ZIP code 61840. 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.
