Gerlaw, Illinois Weather
Gerlaw, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Gerlaw, Warren County.
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About Gerlaw, Illinois
Gerlaw lies in a landscape that breathes with the deep, slow respiration of the prairie. It lies 12.3 miles west-north-west of Galesburg, IL (from Galesburg, IL: bearing 283°T), and is situated 5.7 miles north-north-east of Monmouth. The land here rolls in gentle swells, not dramatic hills, but enough to catch the light in shifting patterns, particularly as the sun dips towards the horizon, painting the western sky in hues of bruised plum and fading rose. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out like rumpled carpets, their emerald and gold textures punctuated by the dark, rich loam of the earth itself. The air, especially after a rain, carries a clean, damp scent, a mingling of soil and growing things, and the occasional whisper of wind through the tall grasses that still cling to the edges of the cultivated land. It is a quietude that is not empty, but full of the rustling of unseen life and the vast, open silence of the Illinois sky. The story of Gerlaw is written in the persistence of agriculture, a legacy carried forward from the pioneers who first broke this fertile ground. The local economy remains tethered to the bounty of the soil, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the harvest. There are no grand pronouncements of industry here, but rather the steady hum of tractors and the quiet commerce of a community that understands the cyclical nature of planting and reaping. The history of Gerlaw is less about sudden booms and more about enduring roots, a testament to the resilience of those who have made their homes in this part of Warren County, finding their own quiet beauty in the broad, open vistas and the enduring strength of the land.
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| Location | Gerlaw, Warren County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.986982°N, 90.601802°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61435, 61416 |
| Area Code | 815 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gerlaw, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gerlaw, Illinois, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Gerlaw includes coordinates 40.986982°N, 90.601802°W, situated in Warren County. ZIP code 61435, 61416. Telephone area code: 815. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
