Magnolia, Illinois Weather
Magnolia, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Magnolia, Putnam County.
Full aviation weather for Magnolia is published on the Marshall County Airport (KC75) page, 19 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. 4 airfields within reach of Magnolia 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 Magnolia: Illinois Valley Regional Airport Walter A Duncan Field (KVYS) 27 km · Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport (K3MY) 50 km · Pontiac Municipal Airport (KPNT) 52 km
Conditions reported at KC75 describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Magnolia specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Magnolia.
About Magnolia, Illinois
Magnolia, a quiet sentinel on the Illinois prairie, exhales a scent of turned earth and distant hay. It lies 35.6 miles north-east of Peoria, IL (from Peoria, IL: bearing 35°T), and is situated 8.4 miles east of Henry. The landscape here is a study in subtle gradients, where the land unfolds in broad, generous sweeps under a sky that seems to hold its breath, particularly in the long, golden afternoons. Fields of corn and soybeans, their stalks rustling with an almost whispered conversation, stretch towards horizons softened by the haze of summer. The air, even when still, carries a faint, clean coolness, a testament to the open country that surrounds Magnolia, a place where the wind feels like a constant, unseen presence, polishing the dust from the leaves of the scattered oak trees that punctuate the farmland. The history of Magnolia is etched not in grand monuments but in the quiet endurance of its agricultural roots, a lineage stretching back to the pioneers who first coaxed life from this fertile soil. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of planting and harvest, a steady pulse that dictates the pace of life for Magnolia's residents. Generations have worked this land, their lives interwoven with the cycles of the seasons, a tradition that continues to define the character of this place. The grain elevators, silent sentinels against the vast sky, stand as enduring symbols of this continuous agricultural endeavor, their silhouettes a familiar and comforting sight against the ever-changing canvas of the prairie.
Live animated radar for Magnolia 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 | Magnolia, Putnam County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.113646°N, 89.194529°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61336 |
| Area Code | 815 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Magnolia, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Magnolia, 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 Magnolia includes coordinates 41.113646°N, 89.194529°W, situated in Putnam County. ZIP code 61336. 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.
