Loraine, Illinois Weather
Loraine, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Loraine, Adams County.
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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.
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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 | July 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, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
