La Fayette, Illinois Weather
La Fayette, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for La Fayette, Stark County.
Full aviation weather for La Fayette is published on the Kewanee Municipal Airport (KEZI) 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 La Fayette 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 La Fayette: Galesburg Municipal Airport (KGBG) 43 km · Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport (K3MY) 46 km · Marshall County Airport (KC75) 50 km · General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (KPIA) 55 km · Quad City International Airport (KMLI) 58 km
Conditions reported at KEZI describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at La Fayette specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for La Fayette.
About La Fayette, Illinois
La Fayette lies in the heart of the Illinois prairie, a place where the horizon stretches with a generosity of spirit that seems to absorb all worries. It lies 23.5 miles east-north-east of Galesburg, IL (from Galesburg, IL: bearing 62°T), and is situated 9.7 miles south-south-west of Kewanee. The land here is a quilt of cultivated fields, their rich, dark soil turned over each season, promising bounty under a sky that can shift from the clearest cerulean to the bruised, dramatic purples of an approaching storm with breathtaking speed. Roads, like clean white ribbons, bisect these fertile expanses, leading to farmsteads where silos stand like stoic sentinels. The air, especially in the quiet hush of late afternoon, carries the faint, earthy perfume of drying corn stalks and the distant hum of tractors, a constant, gentle pulse beneath the vast, open sky. The history of La Fayette is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its agricultural roots and the quiet resilience of its people. Established by settlers drawn to the fertile soil of Stark County, the local economy has long been tied to the rhythms of the farm, with corn and soybeans dominating the landscape and the livelihoods of its residents. While the echoes of past generations who first broke this prairie ground can still be felt, there is a forward-looking pragmatism to La Fayette. The grain elevators, reaching skyward, are more than just storage; they are symbols of a sustained effort, a local industry that continues to feed the nation and sustain this particular corner of Illinois.
Live animated radar for La Fayette 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 | La Fayette, Stark County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.1095°N, 89.9736°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61449 |
| Area Code | 815 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This La Fayette, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for La Fayette, 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 La Fayette includes coordinates 41.109500°N, 89.973600°W, situated in Stark County. ZIP code 61449. 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.
