New Windsor, Illinois Weather
New Windsor, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for New Windsor, Mercer County.
Full aviation weather for New Windsor is published on the Mercer County Airport (KC00) page, 25 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 New Windsor 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 New Windsor: Quad City International Airport (KMLI) 28 km · Galesburg Municipal Airport (KGBG) 29 km · Monmouth Municipal Airport (KC66) 34 km · Kewanee Municipal Airport (KEZI) 40 km · Davenport Municipal Airport (KDVN) 47 km
Conditions reported at KC00 describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at New Windsor specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for New Windsor.
About New Windsor, Illinois
New Windsor rests in the quiet heart of Mercer County, a place where the land falls away in broad, fertile sweeps towards the distant, hazy blue of the horizon. It lies 18.0 miles north-north-west of Galesburg, IL (from Galesburg, IL: bearing 348°T), and is situated 7.5 miles east of Viola. The fields here, stitched with the emerald of growing corn and the gold of ripening wheat, stretch out under a sky that seems impossibly vast, a canvas for the slow, deliberate march of clouds. The air itself carries the scent of turned earth and sun-baked grass, a primal perfume that speaks of the deep, enduring relationship between this place and its cultivation. Houses, often painted in shades of white or a weathered barn red, stand with a quiet dignity, their porches facing outward as if in patient expectation of a neighbor's visit or the return of a farmer from the fields. The very stillness of New Windsor is a palpable thing, broken only by the rustle of leaves in the sycamores that line the few quiet streets or the distant lowing of cattle. The history of New Windsor is bound to the rich soil that has sustained its people for generations, a legacy of farming and a quiet resilience. This was a place built on the promise of the land, where early settlers carved their livelihoods from the prairie, establishing a community rooted in hard work and mutual reliance. The local economy remains intrinsically tied to agriculture, with the bounty of the fields feeding not just the local tables but also contributing to a wider network of production. Though the grand industries of other eras have long since faded, the spirit of industry persists in the steady hum of farm machinery and the quiet diligence of its residents. New Windsor, in its unassuming way, embodies the enduring character of the American heartland, a testament to the simple, profound strength found in a life lived close to the earth.
Live animated radar for New Windsor 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 | New Windsor, Mercer County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.202258°N, 90.442352°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61465 |
| Area Code | 815 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This New Windsor, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for New Windsor, 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 New Windsor includes coordinates 41.202258°N, 90.442352°W, situated in Mercer County. ZIP code 61465. 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.
