Gays, Illinois Weather
Gays, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Gays, Moultrie County.
Full aviation weather for Gays is published on the Coles County Memorial Airport (KMTO) page, 19 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. 5 airfields within reach of Gays 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 Gays: Tuscola Airport (KK96) 39 km · Effingham County Memorial Airport (K1H2) 43 km · Casey Municipal Airport (K1H8) 46 km · Decatur Airport (KDEC) 53 km
Conditions reported at KMTO describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gays specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gays.
About Gays, Illinois
Gays, Illinois, unfolds across a landscape of gently rolling prairie, where the sky feels impossibly vast and stretches to horizons painted with the deep blues of midday or the fiery oranges of a fading sun. It lies 36.0 miles south-east of Decatur, IL (from Decatur, IL: bearing 137°T), and is situated 6.7 miles west-south-west of Mattoon. The land here is a tapestry of cultivated fields, predominantly corn and soybeans, their emerald and gold hues shifting with the seasons and the caress of the wind. Small farmsteads, their white-painted silos standing like sentinels against the open sky, dot the countryside, each a quiet testament to generations of working the fertile soil. The air itself carries a clean, earthy scent, a blend of tilled earth and the distant perfume of blooming wildflowers in the unfenced verges. Life in Gays moves with a deliberate, unhurried cadence, dictated by the sun's arc and the turning of the agricultural year, a rhythm that has shaped its character for as long as anyone can recall. The history of Gays is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of central Illinois, a story of pioneers who saw opportunity in the rich, dark prairie soil. Its economy, much like the surrounding region, has long been anchored in farming, with families tending the land that has sustained them for generations. While no grand monuments or bustling industries define Gays, its distinctiveness lies in its quiet resilience and the enduring spirit of its people. The local general store often serves as the unofficial heart of the community, a place where neighbors gather, news is exchanged, and the simple hum of everyday life continues, a gentle echo of times past and a promise for the future.
Live animated radar for Gays 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 | Gays, Moultrie County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.45809°N, 88.493941°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61928 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gays, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gays, 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 Gays includes coordinates 39.458090°N, 88.493941°W, situated in Moultrie County. ZIP code 61928. 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.
