Dwight, Illinois Weather
Dwight, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Dwight, Livingston County.
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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.
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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 | July 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, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
