Kings, Illinois Weather
Kings, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kings, Ogle County.
Full aviation weather for Kings is published on the Chicago Rockford International Airport (KRFD) page, 21 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. 4 airfields within reach of Kings 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 Kings: Ogle County Airport (KC55) 24 km · Albertus Airport (KFEP) 48 km · Freeport/Dornink Airport (KC86) 56 km
Conditions reported at KRFD describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kings specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kings.
About Kings, Illinois
Kings unfolds across a landscape of gently rolling farmland, where the broad, open skies of northern Illinois meet the rich, dark earth. It lies 18.5 miles south of Rockford, IL (from Rockford, IL: bearing 182°T), and is situated 5.9 miles north-north-west of Rochelle. The terrain is a testament to the persistent plow and the patient seasons, a quilt of cultivated fields stitched with hedgerows and the occasional stand of mature oaks that catch the amber light of late afternoon. The air here carries a clean, dry scent, mingling the subtle sweetness of ripening corn with the mineral tang of turned soil. The houses, often simple and weathered, seem to have grown from the land itself, their porches turned towards the vast horizons that promise another day of quiet industry. The history of Kings is written in the very soil that sustains it, a narrative of hardy settlers drawn to the fertile prairie for its agricultural promise. For generations, the economy has been anchored by the bounty of the land, with crops like corn and soybeans dominating the horizon and shaping the rhythm of life. While large-scale industry has largely bypassed this corner of Ogle County, a quiet resilience defines its character, a reliance on the predictable cycle of planting and harvest. The local grain elevator, a sentinel against the sky, stands as a silent monument to this enduring connection to the earth, a focal point for the community's hard work and quiet pride.
Live animated radar for Kings 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 | Kings, Ogle County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 42.004195°N, 89.105933°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61943, 61068 |
| Area Code | 309, 847, 224 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kings, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kings, 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 Kings includes coordinates 42.004195°N, 89.105933°W, situated in Ogle County. ZIP code 61943, 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.
