Odell, Illinois Weather
Odell, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Odell, Livingston County.
Full aviation weather for Odell is published on the Dwight Airport (KDTG) 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. 3 airfields within reach of Odell 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 Odell: Morris Municipal Airport James R. Washburn field (KC09) 48 km · Cushing Field Ltd Airport (K0C8) 58 km
Conditions reported at KDTG describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Odell specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Odell.
About Odell, Illinois
Odell sits beneath a wide Illinois sky, a collection of buildings and fields settled into the broad, fertile plains. It lies 35.5 miles west-south-west of Kankakee, IL (from Kankakee, IL: bearing 257°T), and is situated 8.2 miles south-west of Dwight. The land here is a study in gentle swells and long, uninterrupted horizons, where the cultivated fields of corn and soybeans stretch out like an endless quilt under the sun. In the stillness of a summer evening, the air carries the faint, dry scent of harvested stalks, and the setting sun bleeds amber and rose across the western edge of the world, painting the quiet streets and modest homes with a warm, fading light. The occasional stand of trees, a windbreak or a small copse, punctuates the landscape, offering a brief, dark counterpoint to the overwhelming expanse of sky and earth. The history of Odell is deeply entwined with the rich agricultural heritage of Livingston County, a story shaped by the railroad and the relentless productivity of the prairie soil. Founded in the late 19th century, its economy has long been anchored by farming, the grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the cycles of planting and harvest. Life here moves with a deliberate pace, marked by the changing seasons rather than the frantic demands of larger cities. While no grand monuments draw throngs of visitors, the character of Odell resides in its quiet persistence, in the continuity of generations working the same land, and in the simple, enduring beauty of a community that understands the deep, grounding power of the earth beneath its feet.
Live animated radar for Odell 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 | Odell, Livingston County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.003643°N, 88.525336°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60460 |
| Area Code | 708 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Odell, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Odell, 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 Odell includes coordinates 41.003643°N, 88.525336°W, situated in Livingston County. ZIP code 60460. Telephone area code: 708. 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.
