Merritt, Illinois Weather
Merritt, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Merritt, Scott County.
Full aviation weather for Merritt is published on the Jacksonville Municipal Airport (KIJX) page, 17 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 Merritt 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 Merritt: Greater Beardstown Airport (KK06) 29 km · Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport (KPPQ) 32 km · Mount Sterling Municipal Airport (KI63) 45 km · Zelmer Memorial Airpark Inc Airport (K5K1) 49 km
Conditions reported at KIJX describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Merritt specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Merritt.
About Merritt, Illinois
Merritt lies in a gentle dip of the land, a place where the broad, fertile plains of western Illinois begin to soften into rolling hills. It lies 41.5 miles west of Springfield, IL (from Springfield, IL: bearing 262°T), and is situated 10.0 miles west of South Jacksonville. The sky here feels immense, a vast canvas that stretches from horizon to horizon, painted with the subtle shifts of cloud and light that mark the passing hours. Fields of corn and soybeans, neat geometric patterns of green and gold, stretch out towards the distant tree lines, the very air carrying the faint, sweet scent of ripening grain and damp earth. The houses of Merritt cluster together, some with porches that seem to invite lingering, their paint faded by sun and wind, speaking of lives lived out under the open sky. A quietude pervades the place, a stillness broken only by the whisper of wind through the tall grasses and the occasional distant rumble of a tractor. The history of Merritt is etched into the very character of its landscape, a story of agricultural bounty and quiet perseverance. For generations, the rich soil, a legacy of ancient glaciers, has sustained the farms that form the backbone of the local economy, the steady pulse of planting and harvest dictating the rhythm of life. The roads that wind between fields carry the weight of countless journeys, connecting Merritt to the wider world, yet always returning to the heart of this small community. There is a sense of enduring connection here, a thread that links the present to the past, where the echoes of earlier times can still be felt in the sturdy architecture and the unpretentious dignity of its people. The legacy of hard work and close-knit bonds is as deeply sown as the crops in the surrounding fields.
Live animated radar for Merritt 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 | Merritt, Scott County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.714491°N, 90.415957°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62694 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Merritt, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Merritt, 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 Merritt includes coordinates 39.714491°N, 90.415957°W, situated in Scott County. ZIP code 62694. 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.
