Farmer City, Illinois Weather
Farmer City, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Farmer City, De Witt County.
Full aviation weather for Farmer City is published on the Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal (KBMI) page, 35 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 Farmer City 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 Farmer City: University of Illinois Willard Airport (KCMI) 38 km · Frasca Field (KC16) 39 km · Rantoul National Aviation Center - Frank Elliot field (KTIP) 43 km · Paxton Airport (K1C1) 49 km · Decatur Airport (KDEC) 49 km
Conditions reported at KBMI describe the airfield itself. Weather 35 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Farmer City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Farmer City.
About Farmer City, Illinois
Farmer City rests in the broad, open sweep of Illinois farmland, a place where the horizon stretches out with an almost audacious generosity. It lies 22.8 miles west-north-west of Champaign, IL (from Champaign, IL: bearing 293°T), and is situated 8.7 miles east-north-east of DeWitt. The land here is a vast, gently rolling quilt of cultivated fields, stitched together by the straight, unwavering lines of country roads and hedgerows that seem to hold the sky in place. In the summer, the air hangs thick and sweet with the scent of ripening corn and soybeans, a humid breath that carries the distant drone of tractors. Evenings bring a particular quality of light, a pale gold that bleeds into the western sky, softening the hard edges of barns and silos, lending a quiet grandeur to the otherwise unadorned landscape. The wind, when it comes, is a palpable presence, a constant whisper across the fields, carrying with it the murmur of the earth itself. The story of Farmer City is deeply entwined with the fertile soil that surrounds it, a testament to the enduring spirit of agriculture that has shaped this corner of De Witt County for generations. Founded in the mid-19th century, its origins are rooted in the promise of prosperity offered by the rich prairie land, a promise that continues to fuel its local economy. Grain elevators stand as stoic sentinels, their towering forms a constant reminder of the bounty harvested from the surrounding acres. Beyond the fields, the community itself possesses a quiet industriousness, a sense of purposeful continuity. The old brick buildings downtown speak of a history that is not so much forgotten as it is absorbed, a subtle undercurrent beneath the everyday rhythm of life in Farmer City.
Live animated radar for Farmer City 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 | Farmer City, De Witt County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.243368°N, 88.642567°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61842 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Farmer City, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Farmer City, 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 Farmer City includes coordinates 40.243368°N, 88.642567°W, situated in De Witt County. ZIP code 61842. Telephone area code: 309. 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.
