Edelstein, Illinois Weather
Edelstein, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Edelstein, Peoria County.
Full aviation weather for Edelstein is published on the Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport (K3MY) page, 16 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 Edelstein 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 Edelstein: Marshall County Airport (KC75) 22 km · General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (KPIA) 31 km · Kewanee Municipal Airport (KEZI) 41 km · Pekin Municipal Airport (KC15) 50 km · Ingersoll Airport (KCTK) 56 km
Conditions reported at K3MY describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Edelstein specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Edelstein.
About Edelstein, Illinois
Edelstein lies like a quiet breath exhaled across the Illinois prairie, a place where the vast, fertile fields of Peoria County stretch to meet a sky that seems to hold a perpetual, soft luminescence. It lies 17.2 miles north of Peoria, IL (from Peoria, IL: bearing 353°T), and is situated 7.6 miles west of Chillicothe. The land here is a gentle, sweeping canvas of cultivated earth, broken by the occasional copse of trees that offer a momentary, darker punctuation. In the summer, the air hums with the unseen industry of insects and the distant drone of tractors, carrying the clean, green scent of growing corn and soybeans. Evenings often bring a stillness so profound it feels like a tangible thing, the horizon bleeding from pale gold to dusty rose as the sun dips low, painting the clouds in strokes of apricot and lavender. The history of Edelstein is written in the rich, dark soil that has sustained generations of farmers, its economy deeply rooted in the agricultural bounty of the region. This is a place where hard work and the turning of the seasons are the primary measures of time, where the legacy of those who first broke the prairie soil is still felt in the sturdy, practical character of its people. While not a place of grand pronouncements or bustling industry, Edelstein offers a quiet dignity, a testament to the enduring spirit of rural life in the heartland, where the simple act of watching the wheat heads sway in the breeze can feel like a profound connection to the earth.
Live animated radar for Edelstein 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 | Edelstein, Peoria County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.94087°N, 89.629264°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61526 |
| Area Code | 815 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Edelstein, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Edelstein, 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 Edelstein includes coordinates 40.940870°N, 89.629264°W, situated in Peoria County. ZIP code 61526. 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.
