La Harpe, Illinois Weather
La Harpe, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for La Harpe, Hancock County.
Full aviation weather for La Harpe is published on the Southeast Iowa Regional Airport (KBRL) 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 La Harpe 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 Harpe: Macomb Municipal Airport (KMQB) 28 km · Fort Madison Municipal Airport (KFSW) 31 km · Keokuk Municipal Airport (KEOK) 41 km · Monmouth Municipal Airport (KC66) 48 km
Conditions reported at KBRL describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at La Harpe specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for La Harpe.
About La Harpe, Illinois
La Harpe, Illinois, unfurls across a landscape shaped by the gentle, persistent sculpting of water and wind. It lies 40.2 miles south-west of Galesburg, IL (from Galesburg, IL: bearing 231°T), and is situated 5.7 miles west-north-west of Blandinsville. Here, the land rolls with a subtle grace, not dramatic peaks, but a soft undulation that suggests the slow, deep breaths of the earth. The sky above La Harpe is a vast, ever-changing canvas, particularly at dusk when a blush of rose and lavender bleeds across the western horizon, softening the edges of the distant tree lines and casting long, attenuated shadows from the sparse farmsteads. The air, especially after a summer rain, carries the clean, earthy scent of turned soil and the fainter, sweeter perfume of ripening corn, a fragrance that clings to the stillness of the late afternoon. The character of La Harpe is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of Hancock County, a place where the cultivation of the land has long been the pulse of its economy. This region, once home to indigenous peoples who understood the rhythms of the prairie, was settled by those drawn to the fertile soil, their endeavors echoing through generations. The local economy, while perhaps not booming, finds its steady footing in the grain elevators and the quiet hum of machinery that supports the farms surrounding La Harpe. A distinctive feature of this locality is the enduring sense of neighborly interdependence, a quiet understanding forged in shared seasons of planting and harvest, a sentiment as palpable as the dust motes dancing in the shafts of sunlight that pierce the windows of the general store.
Live animated radar for La Harpe 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 Harpe, Hancock County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.583375°N, 90.969306°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61450 |
| Area Code | 815 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This La Harpe, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for La Harpe, 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 Harpe includes coordinates 40.583375°N, 90.969306°W, situated in Hancock County. ZIP code 61450. 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.
