North Pekin, Illinois Weather
North Pekin, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for North Pekin, Tazewell County.
Full aviation weather for North Pekin is published on the General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (KPIA) page, 8 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 North Pekin 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 North Pekin: Pekin Municipal Airport (KC15) 15 km · Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport (K3MY) 20 km · Ingersoll Airport (KCTK) 38 km · Marshall County Airport (KC75) 49 km · Havana Regional Airport (K9I0) 55 km
Conditions reported at KPIA describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at North Pekin specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for North Pekin.
About North Pekin, Illinois
North Pekin rests on the flat, fertile plains of Tazewell County, its horizons vast and often brushed with the muted golds and grays of Illinois sky. It lies 3.4 miles north-north-east of Pekin, IL (from Pekin, IL: bearing 16°T), and is situated 5.7 miles south-south-west of Peoria. The land here is a testament to the slow, patient work of glaciers, leaving behind a soil rich enough to nurture rows of corn and soybeans that stretch like green velvet towards the distant tree lines. The Illinois River, a broad, unhurried artery, defines the eastern edge of North Pekin, its presence a constant hum in the background, a source of both sustenance and passage. Even the air carries a certain weight, a dampness that promises the coming rain or the lingering dew on the morning fields. The story of North Pekin is deeply intertwined with the ebb and flow of the Illinois River, which has long served as its primary highway and economic engine. For generations, the river facilitated the transport of agricultural bounty and later, industrial goods, shaping North Pekin into a working community. The quiet industry of farming still dominates the surrounding landscape, but echoes of a more robust industrial past can be found in the weathered structures that hint at the river's former importance as a bustling trade route. There's a grounded, unpretentious character to North Pekin, a straightforwardness born from hard work and a close connection to the land and its powerful, life-giving river.
Live animated radar for North Pekin 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 | North Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.615038°N, 89.622323°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61554 |
| Area Code | 815 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This North Pekin, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for North Pekin, 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 North Pekin includes coordinates 40.615038°N, 89.622323°W, situated in Tazewell County. ZIP code 61554. 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.
