Papineau, Illinois Weather
Papineau, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Papineau, Iroquois County.
Full aviation weather for Papineau is published on the Greater Kankakee Airport (KIKK) 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 Papineau 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 Papineau: Lake Village Airport (KC98) 29 km · Kentland Municipal Airport (K50I) 34 km · Lowell Airport (KC97) 34 km · Jasper County Airport (KRZL) 45 km · Bult Field (KC56) 46 km
Conditions reported at KIKK describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Papineau specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Papineau.
About Papineau, Illinois
Papineau rests on a broad, gently sloping plain, where the sky seems to stretch forever, a vast canvas of shifting blues and grays over fields of corn and soybeans that ripple like a green and gold sea. It lies 12.9 miles south-east of Kankakee, IL (from Kankakee, IL: bearing 144°T), and is situated 3.9 miles south of Saint Anne. The air here carries the clean, earthy scent of turned soil, especially in the spring and fall, and the sunlight, when it breaks through the humid summer haze, has a particular softness that lingers on the weathered clapboard of the few scattered homes and the sturdy, unpretentious grain elevator that stands as a sentinel. Roads, more tracks than pavement in some places, fan out across the flat land, connecting the scattered farmsteads, and the silence is often broken only by the distant rumble of a tractor or the caw of a crow navigating the wide-open spaces. The history of Papineau is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring legacy of agriculture that has shaped this corner of the prairie. Settled by those who sought to tame this fertile earth, the local economy has always been tied to the bounty of the land, with grain farming forming the backbone of its existence. The quiet hum of machinery during harvest season is the town's most vibrant symphony, a testament to the generations who have worked this soil. While Papineau may not boast famous sons or daughters, its distinctiveness lies in its quiet resilience, its unwavering connection to the cycles of nature, and the steadfast character of its people who understand the deep satisfactions of a life lived in harmony with the open country.
Live animated radar for Papineau 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 | Papineau, Iroquois County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.9692°N, 87.716424°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60956 |
| Area Code | 630, 331 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Papineau, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Papineau, 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 Papineau includes coordinates 40.969200°N, 87.716424°W, situated in Iroquois County. ZIP code 60956. Telephone area code: 630, 331. 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.
