Ferris, Illinois Weather
Ferris, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ferris, Hancock County.
Full aviation weather for Ferris is published on the Keokuk Municipal Airport (KEOK) page, 22 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 Ferris 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 Ferris: Fort Madison Municipal Airport (KFSW) 25 km · Southeast Iowa Regional Airport (KBRL) 35 km · Macomb Municipal Airport (KMQB) 44 km · Kahoka Municipal Airport (K0H7) 46 km · Lewis County Regional Airport (K6M6) 57 km
Conditions reported at KEOK describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ferris specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ferris.
About Ferris, Illinois
Ferris rests in a quiet fold of the Illinois landscape, where the gentle push and pull of glacial history has left the land in broad, sweeping contours. It lies 39.0 miles north-north-east of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 19°T), and is situated 4.0 miles north-north-west of Carthage. Rolling hills, cloaked in the green velvet of summer fields or the burnished gold of autumn, give way to the fertile bottoms of the Mississippi River's drainage basin, a rich, dark earth that yields generously to cultivation. The sky here feels vast, an endless canvas that shifts from the pale, washed-out blue of morning to the bruised purples and fiery oranges of sunset, painting the open spaces with a fleeting, vibrant light. The air itself, especially after a spring rain, carries a clean, earthy scent, a promise of growth and renewal that permeates the very atmosphere of Ferris. This corner of Hancock County has long been shaped by the land's bounty, its economy rooted firmly in agriculture, the steady rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of life. Generations have worked these fields, coaxing sustenance from the soil that was once the domain of prairie grasses and ancient forests. While no grand monuments mark its passage, the history of Ferris is etched into the weathered barn boards and the quiet resilience of its people, a lineage connected to the pioneers who first carved out a life here. The local character is one of quiet pragmatism, a comfortable familiarity born from shared experience and a deep understanding of the seasons' demands, a reflection of the enduring connection between Ferris and the land it calls home.
Live animated radar for Ferris 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 | Ferris, Hancock County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.468933°N, 91.170422°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62336, 62321 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ferris, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ferris, 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 Ferris includes coordinates 40.468933°N, 91.170422°W, situated in Hancock County. ZIP code 62336, 62321. 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.
