Fairview, Illinois Weather
Fairview, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fairview, Fulton County.
Full aviation weather for Fairview is published on the Ingersoll Airport (KCTK) page, 10 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 Fairview 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 Fairview: General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (KPIA) 40 km · Galesburg Municipal Airport (KGBG) 41 km · Macomb Municipal Airport (KMQB) 43 km · Pekin Municipal Airport (KC15) 44 km · Havana Regional Airport (K9I0) 47 km
Conditions reported at KCTK describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fairview specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fairview.
About Fairview, Illinois
Fairview rests in a landscape shaped by the slow, persistent artistry of water and wind, where gentle swells of land roll towards the horizon under a sky that often stretches vast and luminous. It lies 24.3 miles south-south-east of Galesburg, IL (from Galesburg, IL: bearing 153°T), and is situated 8.5 miles north-west of Canton. The earth here, a rich, dark loam, speaks of generations of cultivation, its fields a patchwork quilt of green and gold depending on the season. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a clean, earthy scent, mingling with the faint, sweet perfume of ripening crops. Evenings bring a profound quiet, broken only by the distant hum of farm equipment or the occasional call of a night bird, a sound that seems to echo the deep, unhurried pulse of the land itself. The story of Fairview is inextricably linked to the fertile soil and the industry that has drawn sustenance from it. Agriculture has long been the bedrock of its economy, with corn and soybeans standing as stoic sentinels in the endless fields. This agrarian heritage, however, has also seen the land yield its treasures in other ways; the region has a history touched by coal mining, a chapter that has left its own indelible mark on the terrain and the collective memory. While the deep shafts may be silent now, the spirit of hard work and resilience, born from both field and mine, still imbues the character of Fairview, a quiet testament to the enduring strength of its people and their connection to this particular slice of Illinois.
Live animated radar for Fairview 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 | Fairview, Fulton County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.633372°N, 90.163732°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62982, 61432 |
| Area Code | 618, 815 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fairview, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairview, 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 Fairview includes coordinates 40.633372°N, 90.163732°W, situated in Fulton County. ZIP code 62982, 61432. Telephone area code: 618, 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.
