Elliott, Illinois Weather
Elliott, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Elliott, Ford County.
Full aviation weather for Elliott is published on the Paxton Airport (K1C1) 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 Elliott 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 Elliott: Rantoul National Aviation Center - Frank Elliot field (KTIP) 22 km · Frasca Field (KC16) 36 km · University of Illinois Willard Airport (KCMI) 47 km · Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal (KBMI) 54 km · Pontiac Municipal Airport (KPNT) 59 km
Conditions reported at K1C1 describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Elliott specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Elliott.
About Elliott, Illinois
Elliott stretches across a landscape defined by the broad, benevolent sweep of the Illinois prairie, a place where the horizon is a generous promise and the sky feels impossibly vast. It lies 24.1 miles north of Champaign, IL (from Champaign, IL: bearing 356°T), and is situated 9.3 miles west of Paxton. Here, the earth is a rich, dark loam, yielding generously to the farmer's hand, its contours a subtle, almost imperceptible ripple that speaks of ancient, patient forces. In the quiet mornings, a pearlescent mist often clings low to the fields, softening the sharp edges of the cultivated rows and lending a dreamlike quality to the waking world, while the air, when it’s not sharp with winter, carries the sweet, earthy scent of growing things and the distant hum of machinery. The history of Elliott is as deeply rooted as the corn that defines its seasons, a story told in the sturdy grain elevators that punctuate the skyline and the quiet dignity of its well-kept homes. Founded on the fertile plains, its economy has always been inextricably tied to the land, its prosperity a direct reflection of the sun, the rain, and the tireless work of its agricultural stewards. While not a place of grand monuments, Elliott possesses a quiet character, a sense of enduring community built on shared harvests and the shared understanding of a life lived in close conversation with the earth. The slow, deliberate rhythm of its days, punctuated by the passing of the seasons and the cycle of planting and reaping, offers a unique stillness, a gentle counterpoint to the clamor of the wider world.
Live animated radar for Elliott 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 | Elliott, Ford County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.464756°N, 88.272273°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60933 |
| Area Code | 630, 331 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Elliott, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elliott, 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 Elliott includes coordinates 40.464756°N, 88.272273°W, situated in Ford County. ZIP code 60933. Telephone area code: 630, 331. 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.
