Metamora, Illinois Weather
Metamora, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Metamora, Woodford County.
Full aviation weather for Metamora is published on the Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport (K3MY) page, 21 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 Metamora 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 Metamora: Marshall County Airport (KC75) 25 km · General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (KPIA) 31 km · Pekin Municipal Airport (KC15) 43 km · Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal (KBMI) 51 km
Conditions reported at K3MY describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Metamora specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Metamora, Illinois
Metamora rests in the gentle embrace of the Illinois prairie, where wide-open skies stretch to an almost unbelievable horizon. It lies 13.7 miles east-north-east of Peoria, IL (from Peoria, IL: bearing 61°T), and is situated 6.5 miles north-north-east of Washington. The land here is a study in quiet resilience, a tapestry of verdant fields that ripple and sway with the slightest breeze, punctuated by stands of sturdy oak and maple trees that mark the occasional rise and fall of the terrain. The air, especially in the languid afternoons of summer, carries the sweet, earthy scent of turned soil and ripening corn, a perfume unique to this heartland. Even the scattered farmsteads, with their weathered barns and patiently waiting silos, seem to exhale a sense of deep-rooted permanence, as if they have always been a part of this unfolding landscape. The history of Metamora is inextricably linked to the fertile soil and the spirit of its early settlers, who saw in this prairie a promise of abundance. Once a hub for the now-vanished Illinois and Michigan Canal, a waterway that once pulsed with the commerce of a growing nation, Metamora retains echoes of that industrious past. Its economy, though now largely agrarian, still whispers of coal mining that once dug deep into the earth, leaving behind a legacy of resilience and a distinct character. The courthouse square, a gathering place for farmers and families, stands as a quiet testament to the enduring civic pride that imbues Metamora, a place where the rhythm of the seasons still dictates much of the daily life.
Live animated radar for Metamora 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 | Metamora, Woodford County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.790592°N, 89.360643°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61548 |
| Area Code | 815 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Metamora, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Metamora, 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 Metamora includes coordinates 40.790592°N, 89.360643°W, situated in Woodford County. ZIP code 61548. 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.
