Liberty, Illinois Weather
Liberty, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Liberty, Adams County.
Full aviation weather for Liberty is published on the Quincy Regional Airport Baldwin Field (KUIN) page, 10 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 Liberty 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 Liberty: Mount Sterling Municipal Airport (KI63) 28 km · Hannibal Regional Airport (KHAE) 34 km · Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport (KPPQ) 39 km · Rueter Airfield (K93M) 42 km · Lewis County Regional Airport (K6M6) 56 km
Conditions reported at KUIN describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Liberty specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Liberty.
About Liberty, Illinois
Liberty rests in a region where the land begins its slow, deliberate roll towards the Mississippi, a gentle topography of fertile bottoms and softly rounded hills. It lies 16.5 miles east-south-east of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 104°T), and is situated 8.3 miles east-north-east of Payson. Here, the sky feels vast, an expansive canvas that shifts from the clear, crisp blue of mid-morning to the bruised purples and fiery oranges of a prairie sunset. The air itself carries a certain stillness, broken only by the distant lowing of cattle or the rustle of corn stalks in a breeze that whispers of open fields. This is a place where the earth seems to breathe, a quiet exhale of rich soil and sun-warmed grass, where the very light seems to linger a moment longer before surrendering to the coming night. The history of Liberty is inextricably bound to the agricultural bounty of Adams County, a legacy of hardworking settlers who coaxed sustenance from this generous soil. For generations, the rhythm of life here has been dictated by the planting and harvesting seasons, the local economy a dependable echo of the corn and soybean fields that surround the village. While no grand historical monuments mark its immediate landscape, a deeper narrative unfolds in the weathered barns and the quiet dignity of its modest homes, each a chapter in the ongoing story of rural American perseverance. The distinctive character of Liberty lies in this unassuming resilience, a quiet strength that has endured through changing times, a testament to the enduring spirit of the people who call this particular stretch of Illinois home.
Live animated radar for Liberty 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Liberty, Adams County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.879491°N, 91.107916°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62946, 62347 |
| Area Code | 618, 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Liberty, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Liberty, 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 Liberty includes coordinates 39.879491°N, 91.107916°W, situated in Adams County. ZIP code 62946, 62347. Telephone area code: 618, 217. 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.
