Mount Sterling, Illinois Weather
Mount Sterling, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Mount Sterling, Brown County.
Full aviation weather for Mount Sterling is published on the Mount Sterling Municipal Airport (KI63) page, 4 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 Mount Sterling 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 Mount Sterling: Greater Beardstown Airport (KK06) 31 km · Quincy Regional Airport Baldwin Field (KUIN) 37 km · Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport (KPPQ) 39 km · Jacksonville Municipal Airport (KIJX) 51 km · Macomb Municipal Airport (KMQB) 60 km
Conditions reported at KI63 describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mount Sterling specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Mount Sterling, Illinois
Mount Sterling rests in the rolling hills of western Illinois, where the land begins to soften its prairie edges and dip into the valleys carved by ancient water. It lies 34.4 miles east of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 84°T), and is situated 18.1 miles west of Beardstown. The sky here stretches wide, a vast canvas that shifts from the pale blue of morning to the bruised purples and fiery oranges of sunset, painting the scattered farmsteads and stands of oak and hickory. The air carries the scent of damp earth after a spring rain, or the dry, sun-baked perfume of wheat fields in late summer, a constant reminder of the agricultural heart that beats beneath the surface. The roads, some paved and some simply worn tracks, wind through the undulating terrain, connecting isolated homesteads to the quiet hum of the town center. The history of Mount Sterling is as deeply rooted as the trees that dot its landscape, a story of pioneers who found fertile ground and carved out a life from the rich soil. Early settlers, drawn by promises of prosperity, established the community, and its economy has long been tethered to the bounty of the land. Corn and soybeans are king here, their golden and green expanses defining the seasons and providing the lifeblood for local businesses. The grain elevators, silent sentinels against the horizon, stand as testaments to this enduring agricultural legacy. While the pace of life in Mount Sterling is deliberate, mirroring the slow growth of the crops, there’s a quiet resilience, a steadfastness in the face of changing times, that speaks of generations who have called this place home.
Live animated radar for Mount Sterling 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 | Mount Sterling, Brown County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.987271°N, 90.763463°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62353 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mount Sterling, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mount Sterling, 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 Mount Sterling includes coordinates 39.987271°N, 90.763463°W, situated in Brown County. ZIP code 62353. 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.
