Litchfield, Illinois Weather
Litchfield, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Litchfield, Montgomery County.
Full aviation weather for Litchfield is published on the Zelmer Memorial Airpark Inc Airport (K5K1) page, 40 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 Litchfield 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 Litchfield: Greenville Airport (KGRE) 45 km · St Louis Regional Airport (KALN) 46 km · Vandalia Municipal Airport (KVLA) 47 km · Taylorville Municipal Airport (KTAZ) 49 km
Conditions reported at K5K1 describe the airfield itself. Weather 40 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Litchfield specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Litchfield.
About Litchfield, Illinois
Litchfield rests on rolling terrain, a landscape shaped by the slow, deliberate work of glaciers eons ago, leaving behind a gently undulating character that softens the horizon. It lies 29.8 miles north-north-east of Edwardsville, IL (from Edwardsville, IL: bearing 32°T), and is situated 8.7 miles west of Hillsboro. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out like a rumpled quilt under a sky that often seems impossibly vast, especially as the sun begins its descent, painting the western heavens in hues of bruised plum and molten gold. The air here carries the scent of fertile earth, a subtle sweetness mingling with the sharper tang of distant exhaust, a reminder of the life that pulses through Litchfield. Mature oak trees, their branches gnarled like ancient hands, stand sentinel along the roadsides, their leaves rustling with secrets whispered on the breeze. This place, Litchfield, holds a quiet resilience, its story etched not in grand monuments but in the persistent hum of industry and the enduring spirit of its people. Originally founded on the promise of agriculture, its economy has seen shifts, embracing coal mining in its robust past, a legacy that subtly informs the character of the land. Though that era has largely receded, the memory lingers in the stoic resolve of the community. Today, a blend of manufacturing and continued agricultural endeavors sustains Litchfield, a pragmatic balance that allows for the steady flow of daily life. Local diners serve up comfort, and the town square, with its modest courthouse, stands as a quiet focal point, a place where generations have gathered, their lives interwoven with the very soil and sky of this particular corner of Illinois.
Live animated radar for Litchfield 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 | Litchfield, Montgomery County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.175326°N, 89.654258°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60954, 62056 |
| Area Code | 630, 331, 309 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Litchfield, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Litchfield, 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 Litchfield includes coordinates 39.175326°N, 89.654258°W, situated in Montgomery County. ZIP code 60954, 62056. Telephone area code: 630, 331, 309. 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.
