Dunlap, Illinois Weather
Dunlap, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Dunlap, Peoria County.
Full aviation weather for Dunlap is published on the Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport (K3MY) 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 Dunlap 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 Dunlap: General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (KPIA) 22 km · Marshall County Airport (KC75) 30 km · Pekin Municipal Airport (KC15) 42 km · Kewanee Municipal Airport (KEZI) 45 km · Ingersoll Airport (KCTK) 47 km
Conditions reported at K3MY describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dunlap specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dunlap.
About Dunlap, Illinois
Dunlap rests on the rolling prairie, a landscape shaped by the slow, persistent work of wind and water over millennia. It lies 12.5 miles north-north-west of Peoria, IL (from Peoria, IL: bearing 338°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-west of Peoria Heights. The land here breathes with a quiet expanse, where fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards horizons that seem to hold the sky itself, their green and gold hues shifting with the angle of the sun. In the warmer months, the air hangs thick with the scent of drying earth and ripening grain, a palpable presence that settles into your lungs. Creeks, often no more than trickles in the dry season, meander through shallow ravines, their banks fringed with the hardy scrub of native Illinois flora, a testament to the enduring spirit of the land. The history of Dunlap is intrinsically tied to the fertile soil and the agricultural endeavors it fostered. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of rich farmland, established a community built on the cycles of planting and harvest. The local economy, though evolving, still carries the echoes of this agrarian past, with agricultural businesses and related services forming a cornerstone. While no grand monuments or famous figures mark its history, Dunlap possesses a distinct character, a grounded authenticity that speaks of generations who have worked this land, finding their livelihood and forging their lives in this corner of Peoria County. The unassuming nature of Dunlap allows the subtle beauty of its open skies and cultivated fields to speak for themselves, a gentle unfolding of place.
Live animated radar for Dunlap 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 | Dunlap, Peoria County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.861704°N, 89.67871°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61525 |
| Area Code | 815 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dunlap, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dunlap, 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 Dunlap includes coordinates 40.861704°N, 89.678710°W, situated in Peoria County. ZIP code 61525. Telephone area code: 815. 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.
