Northbrook, Illinois Weather
Northbrook, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Northbrook, Adams County.
Full aviation weather for Northbrook is published on the Quincy Regional Airport Baldwin Field (KUIN) page, 16 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 Northbrook 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 Northbrook: Rueter Airfield (K93M) 22 km · Hannibal Regional Airport (KHAE) 27 km · Lewis County Regional Airport (K6M6) 32 km · Mount Sterling Municipal Airport (KI63) 49 km · Keokuk Municipal Airport (KEOK) 56 km
Conditions reported at KUIN describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Northbrook specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Northbrook.
About Northbrook, Illinois
Northbrook rests in a landscape shaped by the slow, deliberate hand of water and time. It lies 2.4 miles north-east of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 49°T), and is situated 8.7 miles south-east of La Grange. Rolling hills, softened by centuries of cultivation, give way to the broad, fertile bottoms that cradle the Illinois River's tributaries. Here, the earth itself seems to breathe, a rich, dark loam that yields generously to the plow, its scent rising in the humid air after a summer rain. The sky, vast and often a brilliant, unblemished blue, stretches to horizons that are not so much broken as softened by the distant, hazy silhouettes of trees. In the quiet afternoons, the only sounds might be the drone of cicadas or the distant call of a crow, a stillness that allows the very texture of the land—the fine dust kicked up by a passing tractor, the rough bark of an ancient oak—to come into sharp focus. The history of Northbrook is deeply intertwined with the agricultural bounty of this region, a legacy stretching back to the earliest settlers who recognized the land's inherent fertility. For generations, the economy has been anchored by the cultivation of corn and soybeans, their emerald fields stretching across the landscape like a well-tended quilt. While farming remains the bedrock, the proximity to larger river ports hints at a past and present connected to the transport of goods, a subtle current of commerce flowing through the area. There are no grand monuments here, no towering edifices to draw the eye, but rather a quiet dignity in the well-maintained farmhouses and the sturdy, unpretentious buildings that line the few main streets of Northbrook, each bearing the subtle patina of lives lived and work done.
Live animated radar for Northbrook 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 | Northbrook, Adams County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.958657°N, 91.375705°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62305, 60062 |
| Area Code | 217, 312, 773 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Northbrook, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Northbrook, 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 Northbrook includes coordinates 39.958657°N, 91.375705°W, situated in Adams County. ZIP code 62305, 60062. Telephone area code: 217, 312, 773. 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.
