Kell, Illinois Weather
Kell, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kell, Marion County.
Full aviation weather for Kell is published on the Centralia Municipal Airport (KENL) page, 16 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 Kell 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 Kell: Salem–Leckrone Airport (KSLO) 18 km · Mount Vernon Outland Airport (KMVN) 19 km · Flora Municipal Airport (KFOA) 44 km · Fairfield Municipal Airport (KFWC) 45 km · Benton Municipal Airport (KH96) 54 km
Conditions reported at KENL describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kell specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kell.
About Kell, Illinois
Kell slumbers under a wide Illinois sky, a gentle swell of land where fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards horizons broken only by the stoic silhouettes of distant farmhouses. It lies 54.7 miles east of O'Fallon, IL (from O'Fallon, IL: bearing 97°T), and is situated 9.6 miles south-south-east of Salem. The earth here, a rich, dark loam, yields its bounty readily, and the air, especially after a summer rain, carries the clean scent of turned soil and mown hay. In the quiet of late afternoon, the light takes on a buttery quality, softening the edges of the landscape and casting long, languid shadows from the scattered oak trees that dot the fields. A profound stillness often settles over Kell, a quietude that invites contemplation, broken only by the distant hum of a tractor or the call of a meadowlark. The story of Kell is etched not in grand monuments, but in the persistent spirit of its people and the fertile ground they have worked for generations. Once a stop along a now-forgotten railway line, its economy is still anchored in agriculture, the rhythm of planting and harvest dictating much of the year's tempo. While the railroad no longer brings bustling commerce, the enduring legacy of its founding settlers, who carved a life from this prairie soil, remains. Local gatherings, often centered around the community church or the simple pleasure of a shared meal, are the threads that bind this place, fostering a quiet pride in their shared history and the enduring character of Kell.
Live animated radar for Kell 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 | Kell, Marion County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.49116°N, 88.90645°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62853 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kell, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kell, 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 Kell includes coordinates 38.491160°N, 88.906450°W, situated in Marion County. ZIP code 62853. Telephone area code: 618. 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.
