Loraine, Illinois Weather
Loraine, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Loraine, Adams County.
Full aviation weather for Loraine is published on the Quincy Regional Airport Baldwin Field (KUIN) page, 24 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 Loraine 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 Loraine: Keokuk Municipal Airport (KEOK) 38 km · Lewis County Regional Airport (K6M6) 39 km · Mount Sterling Municipal Airport (KI63) 40 km · Rueter Airfield (K93M) 46 km · Kahoka Municipal Airport (K0H7) 51 km
Conditions reported at KUIN describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Loraine specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Loraine.
About Loraine, Illinois
Loraine rests in a gentle dip of Adams County land, where the rolling prairie begins its slow, determined march westward. It lies 18.1 miles north-north-east of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 33°T), and is situated 5.6 miles north-east of Mendon. The fields, vast and green in spring, ripen to a sun-bleached gold by late summer, punctuated by the dark, stoic silhouettes of farmhouses and the occasional windbreak of ancient oaks. The air here carries a clean, earthy scent, a perpetual reminder of the soil's generous, if sometimes demanding, nature. Roads, ribboning out from the small cluster of buildings that form Loraine's core, appear as pale threads against the rich, dark loam, promising journeys to unseen horizons or simply the next stretch of cultivated land. The history of Loraine is deeply entwined with the agricultural spirit that has long defined this corner of Illinois. Founded by settlers drawn to the fertile soil, the community has weathered the ebb and flow of farming fortunes, its economy primarily rooted in the cultivation of corn and soybeans. The grain elevators, stark sentinels against the wide Midwestern sky, stand as quiet testaments to generations of hard work and the enduring cycles of planting and harvest. Though the days might move with a deliberate, unhurried pace, there's a resilience in Loraine, a quiet strength born of the land and the people who coax their living from it.
Live animated radar for Loraine 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 | Loraine, Adams County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.154213°N, 91.222365°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62349 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Loraine, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Loraine, 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 Loraine includes coordinates 40.154213°N, 91.222365°W, situated in Adams County. ZIP code 62349. Telephone area code: 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.
