Nachusa, Illinois Weather
Nachusa, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Nachusa, Lee County.
Full aviation weather for Nachusa is published on the Dixon Municipal Charles R. Walgreen Field (KC73) 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 Nachusa 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 Nachusa: Ogle County Airport (KC55) 23 km · Bresson Airport (KC82) 25 km · Whiteside County Airport - Joseph H Bittorf Field (KSQI) 26 km · Rochelle Municipal Airport - Koritz Field (KRPJ) 27 km · Chicago Rockford International Airport (KRFD) 47 km
Conditions reported at KC73 describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Nachusa specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Nachusa.
About Nachusa, Illinois
Nachusa rests in a landscape shaped by ancient glaciers, where rolling hills, softened by millennia, give way to broad, sun-drenched fields of corn and soy. It lies 33.6 miles west-south-west of DeKalb, IL (from DeKalb, IL: bearing 259°T), and is situated 4.6 miles east of Dixon. The earth here is a deep, rich loam, testament to the fertile prairie that once stretched unbroken to the horizon, and still hints at its wilder past in the pockets of native grasses that cling to the roadside ditches. Even in the stillness of midday, a faint hum can be detected, the quiet pulse of the land breathing under the vast Illinois sky, a sky that often throws dramatic, bruised-purple clouds across its expanse as afternoon storms gather, only to break into skies of improbable, crystalline blue. The air itself, especially after a rain, carries a clean, earthy scent, mingled with the sweet perfume of ripening grain. The story of Nachusa is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its agricultural roots. For generations, families have worked this land, their lives tied to the predictable rhythms of planting and harvest, a legacy that continues to define the local economy. While farming remains the bedrock, small businesses, often family-owned, provide the gentle hum of commerce, a friendly wave from a passing pickup truck a common greeting. The nearby Nachusa Grasslands preserve a significant portion of the original prairie ecosystem, a wild, windswept expanse that whispers tales of bison and indigenous peoples who once traversed these very same undulating terrains, offering a tangible connection to a wilder, untamed America.
Live animated radar for Nachusa 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 | Nachusa, Lee County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.831421°N, 89.389823°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61057 |
| Area Code | 847, 224 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Nachusa, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Nachusa, 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 Nachusa includes coordinates 41.831421°N, 89.389823°W, situated in Lee County. ZIP code 61057. Telephone area code: 847, 224. 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.
