Dwight, Illinois Weather
Dwight, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Dwight, Livingston County.
Full aviation weather for Dwight is published on the Dwight Airport (KDTG) page, 4 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 Dwight 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 Dwight: Morris Municipal Airport James R. Washburn field (KC09) 37 km · Cushing Field Ltd Airport (K0C8) 50 km · Joliet Regional Airport (KJOT) 52 km
Conditions reported at KDTG describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dwight specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dwight.
About Dwight, Illinois
Dwight rests in the broad, open country of Livingston County, a place where the land stretches with a quiet, determined flatness under a sky that feels impossibly vast. It lies 29.4 miles west of Kankakee, IL (from Kankakee, IL: bearing 267°T), and is situated 8.7 miles south-west of Gardner. The fields here are a patchwork quilt of greens and golds, broken only by the occasional cluster of sturdy farmhouses and the straight, determined lines of county roads. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, dry scent of tilled earth and ripening corn, a subtle perfume that clings to the wind. Even in the gentle undulations of the terrain, there is a sense of purpose, of the land patiently yielding its bounty. The history of Dwight is inextricably linked to the iron horse, its founding spurred by the arrival of the railroad that promised connection and commerce. This vein of industry, once vital, now echoes in the quiet hum of agricultural machinery and the steady production of goods that move through its logistics centers. Dwight's heritage is also marked by its early role as a stopping point, a place where travelers could find respite, a character that still informs its welcoming, unhurried pace. The old grain elevators, like silent sentinels, stand as weathered monuments to a past built on the land's abundance, while the modern infrastructure speaks of a forward-looking pragmatism that keeps Dwight alive and moving.
Live animated radar for Dwight 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 | Dwight, Livingston County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.094477°N, 88.42506°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60420 |
| Area Code | 708 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dwight, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dwight, 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 Dwight includes coordinates 41.094477°N, 88.425060°W, situated in Livingston County. ZIP code 60420. Telephone area code: 708. 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.
