Minooka, Illinois Weather
Minooka, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Minooka, Grundy County.
Full aviation weather for Minooka is published on the Joliet Regional Airport (KJOT) page, 10 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. 6 airfields within reach of Minooka 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 Minooka: Morris Municipal Airport James R. Washburn field (KC09) 14 km · Lewis University Airport (KLOT) 22 km · Bolingbrook's Clow International Airport (K1C5) 29 km · Cushing Field Ltd Airport (K0C8) 30 km · Dwight Airport (KDTG) 39 km
Conditions reported at KJOT describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Minooka specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Minooka, Illinois
Minooka lies in a landscape that breathes the wide, forgiving sky of northern Illinois. It lies 10.5 miles west-south-west of Joliet, IL (from Joliet, IL: bearing 243°T), and is situated 5.4 miles south-west of Shorewood. Rolling fields, a checkerboard of green and gold depending on the season, stretch toward horizons softened by distant stands of oak and maple, their leaves catching the late afternoon sun in a brief, fiery efflorescence. The terrain, gently sloped and fertile, speaks of a long agricultural heritage, the soil itself a rich, dark loam that yields generously to the plow. Even the air here carries a certain quietude, a stillness punctuated only by the whisper of wind through tall grasses or the distant call of a crow. The history of Minooka is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of Grundy County, a place where generations have worked the land, their lives measured by the planting and harvesting cycles. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile soil, established a community that has since grown steadily, its economy rooted in farming and supported by a growing presence of small businesses and industries that serve the needs of its residents and the surrounding agricultural enterprises. The nearby Illinois River, though not a direct feature within Minooka itself, has historically shaped the broader regional landscape and economy, providing a vital artery for transport and commerce that has influenced the development of communities like Minooka for over a century.
Live animated radar for Minooka 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 | Minooka, Grundy County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.455308°N, 88.26173°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60447 |
| Area Code | 708 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Minooka, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Minooka, 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 Minooka includes coordinates 41.455308°N, 88.261730°W, situated in Grundy County. ZIP code 60447. Telephone area code: 708. 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.
