Griggsville, Illinois Weather
Griggsville, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Griggsville, Pike County.
Full aviation weather for Griggsville is published on the Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport (KPPQ) page, 9 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 Griggsville 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 Griggsville: Mount Sterling Municipal Airport (KI63) 32 km · Greater Beardstown Airport (KK06) 40 km · Jacksonville Municipal Airport (KIJX) 42 km · Quincy Regional Airport Baldwin Field (KUIN) 48 km · Bowling Green Municipal Airport (KH19) 57 km
Conditions reported at KPPQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Griggsville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Griggsville.
About Griggsville, Illinois
Griggsville rests in a broad, gently rolling landscape where Illinois's rich prairie soil stretches towards the horizon. It lies 39.6 miles east-south-east of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 113°T), and is situated 8.2 miles north-north-east of Pittsfield. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a subtle sweetness, a scent of sun-baked earth and the distant promise of ripening corn. The land itself seems to sigh, a quiet exhalation of fertile ground that has been tended for generations. Houses, often painted in soft, unassuming colors, line the streets with a friendly gaze, their porches offering a welcoming pause in the slow, steady cadence of daily life. The sky above Griggsville is a vast canvas, often painted with clouds that drift with a deliberate, unhurried grace, casting fleeting shadows across the fields and the quiet streets. The history of Griggsville is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of Pike County, a legacy that still defines its economy. For many years, it was famously known as the "Apple Capital of the World," a title that speaks to a time when orchards, heavy with fruit, were a defining feature of the landscape and a source of local pride. Though the orchards may have thinned, the spirit of cultivation and the connection to the land persist, evident in the well-kept farms that dot the surrounding countryside and the farmers markets that bring the season's best to the town square. The quiet hum of agricultural machinery is a familiar sound, a constant reminder of the work that nourishes this corner of Illinois.
Live animated radar for Griggsville 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 | Griggsville, Pike County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.708936°N, 90.724572°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62340 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Griggsville, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Griggsville, 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 Griggsville includes coordinates 39.708936°N, 90.724572°W, situated in Pike County. ZIP code 62340. 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.
