Kingston Mines, Illinois Weather
Kingston Mines, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kingston Mines, Peoria County.
Full aviation weather for Kingston Mines is published on the Pekin Municipal Airport (KC15) page, 11 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 Kingston Mines 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 Kingston Mines: General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (KPIA) 14 km · Ingersoll Airport (KCTK) 26 km · Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport (K3MY) 30 km · Havana Regional Airport (K9I0) 43 km · Logan County Airport (KAAA) 58 km
Conditions reported at KC15 describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kingston Mines specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kingston Mines.
About Kingston Mines, Illinois
Kingston Mines, a quiet settlement in Peoria County, Illinois, unfolds across a landscape shaped by the slow work of water and wind. It lies 6.9 miles west of Pekin, IL (from Pekin, IL: bearing 265°T), and is situated 8.9 miles south-west of Bartonville. Low, rolling hills, softened by decades of cultivation, give way to flatter expanses where fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards the horizon, their emerald and gold hues shifting with the passing sun. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a hushed stillness, broken only by the distant drone of a tractor or the rustle of leaves in the sparse woodlands that fringe the agricultural plains. A subtle scent of damp earth and growing things hangs perpetually, a testament to the region's fertile soil. The history of Kingston Mines is deeply entwined with the earth beneath it, its name a direct echo of the coal mining operations that once defined its character and economy. While the deep shafts have long since fallen silent, the legacy of those subterranean endeavors lingers, a quiet reminder of the labor that shaped this corner of Illinois. Today, agriculture reigns supreme, with the fertile lands providing a steady livelihood, and the gentle rhythm of planting and harvest dictates the pace of life for Kingston Mines. The occasional weathered barn, its timbers silvered by time, stands as a silent sentinel to past generations, while modern silos gleam under the vast, open sky that seems to swallow all sound.
Live animated radar for Kingston Mines 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 | Kingston Mines, Peoria County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.558094°N, 89.770663°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61539, 61547 |
| Area Code | 815 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kingston Mines, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kingston Mines, 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 Kingston Mines includes coordinates 40.558094°N, 89.770663°W, situated in Peoria County. ZIP code 61539, 61547. 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. 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.
