Elmwood, Illinois Weather
Elmwood, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Elmwood, Peoria County.
Full aviation weather for Elmwood is published on the Ingersoll Airport (KCTK) page, 25 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 Elmwood 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 Elmwood: General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (KPIA) 26 km · Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport (K3MY) 30 km · Pekin Municipal Airport (KC15) 40 km · Galesburg Municipal Airport (KGBG) 43 km · Kewanee Municipal Airport (KEZI) 48 km
Conditions reported at KCTK describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Elmwood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Elmwood, Illinois
Elmwood unfolds across the gently rolling terrain of central Illinois, a landscape painted in broad strokes of fertile farmland and punctuated by stands of mature oak and maple trees. It lies 20.6 miles west-north-west of Peoria, IL (from Peoria, IL: bearing 287°T), and is situated 5.9 miles north-north-east of Farmington. The air here, especially after a summer rain, carries the sweet, earthy scent of turned soil and the distant hum of tractors, a constant, low-frequency soundtrack to the rhythm of the days. The sky above Elmwood is a vast, ever-changing canvas, its blues deepening to indigo at dusk, where the first stars prick through the fading light, mirroring the scattered porch lights that begin to twinkle in the houses below. The very ground seems to hold a quiet resilience, a patient endurance shaped by seasons of abundance and the occasional, stark beauty of winter’s embrace. For generations, Elmwood has been intrinsically tied to the agricultural heartland, its economy rooted in the cultivation of corn and soybeans that stretch to the horizon. The legacy of that agrarian past is evident in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture of its homes and businesses, buildings that have weathered decades of change with a quiet stoicism. While modern conveniences have arrived, a distinct sense of place persists, a continuity that whispers of the families who first tilled these fields and built the foundations of Elmwood. The local hardware store, still a hub for gathering and exchange, holds within its walls the accumulated stories of a community that values hard work and neighborly connection, a character forged in the rich soil and the open, honest sky.
Live animated radar for Elmwood 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 | Elmwood, Peoria County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.777815°N, 89.966502°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60047, 61529 |
| Area Code | 312, 773, 815 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Elmwood, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elmwood, 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 Elmwood includes coordinates 40.777815°N, 89.966502°W, situated in Peoria County. ZIP code 60047, 61529. Telephone area code: 312, 773, 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.
