Lee Center, Illinois Weather
Lee Center, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lee Center, Lee County.
Full aviation weather for Lee Center is published on the Bresson Airport (KC82) page, 15 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 Lee Center 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 Lee Center: Dixon Municipal Charles R. Walgreen Field (KC73) 17 km · Rochelle Municipal Airport - Koritz Field (KRPJ) 23 km · Whiteside County Airport - Joseph H Bittorf Field (KSQI) 33 km · Ogle County Airport (KC55) 34 km · Illinois Valley Regional Airport Walter A Duncan Field (KVYS) 45 km
Conditions reported at KC82 describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lee Center specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lee Center.
About Lee Center, Illinois
Lee Center rests on a gently rolling landscape, a place where the vast Illinois prairie begins to speak in whispers of corn and soybean fields stretching towards a horizon that feels impossibly wide. It lies 30.0 miles west-south-west of DeKalb, IL (from DeKalb, IL: bearing 245°T), and is situated 3.5 miles north-east of Amboy. The air here, especially in the late afternoon when the sun slants low, carries the clean, dry scent of harvested stalks and the faintest hint of distant rain. Roads, true to the spirit of the Midwest, run in straight, unwavering lines, dissecting the fertile earth and leading the eye towards farmsteads that punctuate the green and gold tapestry. The sky itself seems to press down with a comforting weight, a canvas for clouds that drift with an unhurried deliberation, casting slow-moving shadows across the land. The character of Lee Center is deeply rooted in the agricultural prosperity that has defined this region for generations. Its economy, like that of many small Illinois communities, draws its strength from the bounty of the soil, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels of this enduring connection. While not boasting grand monuments or bustling metropolises, Lee Center possesses a quiet resilience, a history built by hardworking families who understood the rhythms of the seasons and the importance of community. The subtle hum of tractors in the distance, the occasional rumble of a train carrying its harvest to market, these are the sounds that underscore the enduring spirit of Lee Center, a place that knows the value of honest labor and the simple beauty of a wide-open sky.
Live animated radar for Lee Center 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 | Lee Center, Lee County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.747533°N, 89.278706°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61310, 61331 |
| Area Code | 815 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lee Center, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lee Center, 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 Lee Center includes coordinates 41.747533°N, 89.278706°W, situated in Lee County. ZIP code 61310, 61331. 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.
