Hillcrest, Illinois Weather
Hillcrest, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hillcrest, Ogle County.
Full aviation weather for Hillcrest is published on the Rochelle Municipal Airport - Koritz Field (KRPJ) page, 7 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 Hillcrest 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 Hillcrest: Bresson Airport (KC82) 21 km · Chicago Rockford International Airport (KRFD) 27 km · Ogle County Airport (KC55) 29 km · DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport (KDKB) 30 km · Dixon Municipal Charles R. Walgreen Field (KC73) 34 km
Conditions reported at KRPJ describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hillcrest specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hillcrest.
About Hillcrest, Illinois
Hillcrest unfolds across the gently rolling landscape of northern Illinois, a place where the sky seems to stretch on forever, meeting the horizon in a soft, hazy embrace. It lies 16.2 miles west of DeKalb, IL (from DeKalb, IL: bearing 275°T), and is situated 1.9 miles north of Rochelle. The terrain here is a study in subtle shifts, with fields of corn and soybeans rippling like a green and gold sea under the vast, indifferent sun. Old farmsteads, weathered to the color of aged bone, dot the distance, their silos standing like stoic sentinels against the wind. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a crisp, clean scent, tinged with the earthy aroma of turned soil and the sweet, ephemeral perfume of wild clover blooming in the verges. Even the shadows cast by the scattered oak trees possess a certain gravitas, lengthening and deepening as the day matures. The story of Hillcrest is written in the quiet persistence of its agricultural heritage. For generations, the land has been the primary employer, yielding bountiful harvests that have sustained families and shaped the character of this community. While the landscape itself has remained largely unchanged, a testament to the enduring relationship between people and prairie, the rhythm of life in Hillcrest has always been attuned to the seasons, to the planting and the reaping. Echoes of earlier days, when horse-drawn plows were the norm and neighbors relied on each other for every task, can still be felt in the enduring sense of camaraderie that binds the residents. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling promenades, only the quiet hum of a life lived deliberately, grounded in the fertile soil and the open, honest sky.
Live animated radar for Hillcrest 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 | Hillcrest, Ogle County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.95114°N, 89.064541°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61953, 61068 |
| Area Code | 309, 847, 224 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hillcrest, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hillcrest, 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 Hillcrest includes coordinates 41.951140°N, 89.064541°W, situated in Ogle County. ZIP code 61953, 61068. Telephone area code: 309, 847, 224. 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.
