Kirkland, Illinois Weather
Kirkland, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kirkland, DeKalb County.
Full aviation weather for Kirkland is published on the Poplar Grove Airport (KC77) page, 26 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. 5 airfields within reach of Kirkland 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 Kirkland: Dacy Airport (K0C0) 39 km · Lake in the Hills Airport (K3CK) 45 km · Beloit Airport (K44C) 46 km · Galt Field (K10C) 52 km
Conditions reported at KC77 describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kirkland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kirkland.
About Kirkland, Illinois
Kirkland spreads across the Illinois prairie, a quiet collection of fields and homes where the sky feels vast and the horizons stretch on, unbroken save for the occasional grain elevator reaching skyward. It lies 12.4 miles north-north-west of DeKalb, IL (from DeKalb, IL: bearing 335°T), and is situated 8.1 miles west of Genoa. The land here is a gentle, cultivated expanse, the rich, dark soil a testament to generations of careful tending, yielding rows of corn and soybeans that ripple in the breeze like a verdant ocean. In the late afternoon, the sun casts long, buttery shadows across the farmland, painting the scene with a soft, golden hue that seems to slow the very passage of time. The air itself carries a clean, earthy scent, a subtle perfume of growing things and distant, sun-warmed earth, a constant reminder of the agricultural heart that beats at Kirkland's core. The history of Kirkland is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of DeKalb County, its founding and growth shaped by the fertile lands and the railroad that brought prosperity to the region. For decades, the economy here has been anchored by farming, with local businesses catering to the needs of the agricultural community, from seed suppliers to machinery repair shops. The rhythm of life in Kirkland is dictated by the seasons, a steady, predictable cadence that has persisted through the years. While not a hub of grand historical monuments, Kirkland holds its own distinctive character, a quiet strength drawn from its rural roots and the enduring spirit of its people, a place where community ties run as deep as the rich prairie soil.
Live animated radar for Kirkland 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 | Kirkland, DeKalb County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 42.092526°N, 88.851206°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60146 |
| Area Code | 312, 773 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kirkland, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kirkland, 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 Kirkland includes coordinates 42.092526°N, 88.851206°W, situated in DeKalb County. ZIP code 60146. Telephone area code: 312, 773. 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.
