Garrett, Illinois Weather
Garrett, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Garrett, Douglas County.
Full aviation weather for Garrett is published on the Tuscola Airport (KK96) 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 Garrett 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 Garrett: University of Illinois Willard Airport (KCMI) 30 km · Coles County Memorial Airport (KMTO) 38 km · Decatur Airport (KDEC) 38 km · Frasca Field (KC16) 43 km · Rantoul National Aviation Center - Frank Elliot field (KTIP) 60 km
Conditions reported at KK96 describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Garrett specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Garrett.
About Garrett, Illinois
Garrett lies in a broad, gently rolling expanse of Illinois farmland, where the sky seems to stretch on forever, a vast canvas often painted with the soft hues of dawn and dusk. It lies 24.0 miles south-south-west of Champaign, IL (from Champaign, IL: bearing 204°T), and is situated 7.5 miles west of Tuscola. The land here is a testament to patient cultivation, a patchwork of verdant fields of corn and soybeans that sway like a green ocean under the summer sun, punctuated by the darker, richer soil of freshly tilled earth. A quiet stillness often settles over Garrett, broken only by the distant rumble of a freight train or the chirping chorus of unseen birds in the hedgerows that divide the fields. The air, especially after a rain, carries the clean, earthy scent of the prairie, a constant reminder of the deep, dark soil that has shaped life here for generations. The history of Garrett is written in the quiet persistence of agriculture and the enduring spirit of its people, a spirit honed by the cycles of planting and harvest that have defined this place for over a century. Once a vital stop along the Illinois Central Railroad, Garrett's economy has long been tied to the land and the transportation networks that connect it to the wider world. While the echoes of its past as a more bustling railway hub have softened, the town remains a point of connection, a place where families have put down roots and where the rhythm of life is still largely dictated by the seasons. The local grain elevators, stark silhouettes against the horizon, stand as enduring symbols of this enduring agricultural heritage, their presence a quiet reassurance of continuity in a landscape that has seen constant change.
Live animated radar for Garrett 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 | Garrett, Douglas County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.798644°N, 88.424222°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61913 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Garrett, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Garrett, 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 Garrett includes coordinates 39.798644°N, 88.424222°W, situated in Douglas County. ZIP code 61913. 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.
