Ellisville, Illinois Weather
Ellisville, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ellisville, Fulton County.
Full aviation weather for Ellisville is published on the Ingersoll Airport (KCTK) page, 20 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 Ellisville 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 Ellisville: Macomb Municipal Airport (KMQB) 32 km · Galesburg Municipal Airport (KGBG) 36 km · Monmouth Municipal Airport (KC66) 44 km · Havana Regional Airport (K9I0) 51 km · General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (KPIA) 52 km
Conditions reported at KCTK describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ellisville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ellisville.
About Ellisville, Illinois
Ellisville rests in a quiet fold of Fulton County, where the land begins its slow, deliberate surrender to the Illinois River valley. It lies 22.5 miles south of Galesburg, IL (from Galesburg, IL: bearing 171°T), and is situated 7.3 miles east-south-east of Avon. The terrain here is a gentle, rolling tapestry of cultivated fields and scattered woodlands, the rich prairie soil a deep, dark promise under the expansive sky. Sunlight, when it breaks through the frequent cloud cover, has a soft, diffused quality, illuminating the contours of the land with a muted, earthy glow. A palpable stillness often hangs in the air, broken only by the distant rumble of farm machinery or the lonely cry of a hawk circling overhead. The very character of Ellisville seems to be etched into this landscape, a patient enduring of seasons and sun. The story of Ellisville is tied to the agricultural heartbeat of this region, a place where farming has always been the bedrock of existence. Generations have worked this land, coaxing sustenance from its fertile depths, and the local economy still largely reflects this agrarian heritage, with corn and soybeans stretching to the horizon in neat, orderly rows. While the larger industries of the world have largely bypassed this quiet corner, a persistent resilience defines its people, a quiet strength forged in the shared labor and close-knit bonds of rural life. You can feel the history in the weathered barns and the sturdy, unpretentious homes, remnants of a time when life moved at the steady, predictable pace of the sun and the seasons, a rhythm that still whispers through Ellisville.
Live animated radar for Ellisville 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 | Ellisville, Fulton County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.626706°N, 90.305125°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61431 |
| Area Code | 815 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ellisville, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ellisville, 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 Ellisville includes coordinates 40.626706°N, 90.305125°W, situated in Fulton County. ZIP code 61431. 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.
