Ellis Grove, Illinois Weather
Ellis Grove, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ellis Grove, Randolph County.
Full aviation weather for Ellis Grove is published on the Perryville Regional Airport (KPCD) 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 Ellis Grove 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 Ellis Grove: Sparta Community Airport - Hunter Field (KSAR) 24 km · Pinckneyville Du Quoin Airport (KPJY) 48 km · Farmington Regional Airport (KFAM) 54 km · Bonne Terre Municipal Airport (K1BT) 60 km · Scott AFB/Midamerica Airport (KBLV) 60 km
Conditions reported at KPCD describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ellis Grove specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ellis Grove.
About Ellis Grove, Illinois
Ellis Grove unfolds across rolling terrain, a landscape painted in broad strokes of verdant farmland and the deep, brooding greens of mature woodlands. It lies 35.6 miles south of Belleville, IL (from Belleville, IL: bearing 173°T), and is situated 8.0 miles north-west of Chester. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a certain stillness, a quiet hum of cicadas and the distant sigh of wind through oak leaves. Gentle hills cradle fields of corn and soybeans, their rows stretching out like meticulously stitched seams on a vast, earthy quilt, and the scattered farmhouses, often with wide porches, seem to exhale contentment into the warm, humid embrace of a southern Illinois summer. The very soil, a rich, dark loam, feels generous, promising bounty, and a sense of unhurried permanence settles over the land as you travel its byways. The history of Ellis Grove is as deep-rooted as the ancient trees that mark its boundaries, a story interwoven with the early settlers who sought fertile ground and a life away from crowded shores. This area, once a frontier, has long been shaped by the agricultural heart that beats at its core, with generations of families tending the soil and building a modest but enduring prosperity. While no grand monuments dominate the skyline, the landscape itself holds the echoes of a past where hard work and a strong sense of community were the primary currencies. The local economy remains tethered to the land, with farming and related enterprises forming the backbone of daily life, and the occasional antique store or roadside stand hints at a respect for heritage and a simple, honest commerce.
Live animated radar for Ellis Grove 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 | Ellis Grove, Randolph County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.00894°N, 89.905941°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62241 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ellis Grove, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ellis Grove, 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 Ellis Grove includes coordinates 38.008940°N, 89.905941°W, situated in Randolph County. ZIP code 62241. Telephone area code: 217. 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.
