Plainfield, Illinois Weather
Plainfield, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Plainfield, Jasper County.
Full aviation weather for Plainfield is published on the Casey Municipal Airport (K1H8) 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 Plainfield 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 Plainfield: Effingham County Memorial Airport (K1H2) 35 km · Olney Noble Airport (KOLY) 43 km · Robinson Municipal Airport (KRSV) 43 km · Coles County Memorial Airport (KMTO) 43 km · Flora Municipal Airport (KFOA) 56 km
Conditions reported at K1H8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Plainfield specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Plainfield.
About Plainfield, Illinois
Plainfield rests in the broad, open country of Jasper County, Illinois, where the land rolls with a quiet persistence, a gentle swell that seems to hold the sky in its embrace. It lies 27.0 miles west of York, IL (from York, IL: bearing 260°T), and is situated 7.9 miles north of Newton. The fields here are vast, stitched together by hedgerows and the occasional stand of mature oak, their branches reaching like ancient hands. In the summer, the air hangs thick and sweet with the scent of ripening corn and soybeans, a perfume that clings to the very dust of the roads. Sunlight, when it breaks through the clouds, falls in broad, golden swathes, illuminating the endless horizons and the muted greens and golds of the agricultural tapestry. This is a place where the horizon feels close, yet infinitely distant, a constant reminder of the scale of the world and the small, persistent lives within it. The history of Plainfield is tied to the fertile soil and the enduring spirit of those who worked it. Originally settled by farmers drawn to the rich prairie land, the town grew slowly, a collection of homes and businesses serving the surrounding agricultural community. The local economy still leans heavily on the bounty of the land, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the cycles of planting and harvest. While not a place of grand monuments, Plainfield holds a quiet dignity in its everyday workings. The rhythm of life here is dictated by the seasons and the needs of the farms, a steady, predictable pulse that has sustained the community for generations, a testament to the simple, enduring strength of rural life.
Live animated radar for Plainfield 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 | Plainfield, Jasper County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.103652°N, 88.135316°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62432, 60544 |
| Area Code | 217, 708 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Plainfield, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Plainfield, 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 Plainfield includes coordinates 39.103652°N, 88.135316°W, situated in Jasper County. ZIP code 62432, 60544. Telephone area code: 217, 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.
