Manchester, Illinois Weather
Manchester, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Manchester, Scott County.
Full aviation weather for Manchester is published on the Jacksonville Municipal Airport (KIJX) page, 27 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 Manchester 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 Manchester: Zelmer Memorial Airpark Inc Airport (K5K1) 32 km · Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport (KPPQ) 40 km · Greater Beardstown Airport (KK06) 48 km
Conditions reported at KIJX describe the airfield itself. Weather 27 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Manchester specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Manchester.
About Manchester, Illinois
Manchester rests low in the rolling folds of west-central Illinois, where the land begins its slow, deliberate descent toward the Illinois River. It lies 40.8 miles west-south-west of Springfield, IL (from Springfield, IL: bearing 244°T), and is situated 8.2 miles north-north-east of White Hall. The air here, especially in the humid embrace of summer, carries the scent of rich, turned earth and the distant whisper of drying cornstalks. Fields of soybeans and corn stretch out like rumpled blankets under a sky that often feels vast and unburdened, punctuated by the stark, elegant silhouettes of oak and hickory trees that cling to the gentle slopes and occasional ravines. The paved roads, worn smooth by decades of farm equipment and the occasional passing car, ribbon through this landscape, connecting clusters of houses and barns with a quiet, almost resigned purpose. Sunlight, filtered through the leaves of mature trees lining the main thoroughfare, casts a shifting mosaic on the asphalt, a subtle reminder of the seasons’ steady march. The history of Manchester is a story of agriculture, of generations who coaxed sustenance from this fertile soil. Its economy, like much of rural Scott County, remains tethered to the land, with farming as the bedrock. The rhythm of planting and harvest dictates the pulse of daily life, a slow, steady beat that contrasts with the hurried tempo of more urban centers. Old grain elevators, their metal skins weathered to a muted silver, stand as silent sentinels, testament to a time when local produce moved through these arteries with greater volume. The quietude of Manchester speaks of a community that values its roots, its identity shaped by the enduring cycles of nature and the shared labor of its people.
Live animated radar for Manchester 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 | Manchester, Scott County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.542269°N, 90.332344°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62663, 62082 |
| Area Code | 217, 309 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Manchester, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Manchester, 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 Manchester includes coordinates 39.542269°N, 90.332344°W, situated in Scott County. ZIP code 62663, 62082. Telephone area code: 217, 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.
