Princeville, Illinois Weather
Princeville, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Princeville, Peoria County.
Full aviation weather for Princeville is published on the Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport (K3MY) page, 19 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 Princeville 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 Princeville: General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (KPIA) 30 km · Marshall County Airport (KC75) 33 km · Kewanee Municipal Airport (KEZI) 35 km · Ingersoll Airport (KCTK) 48 km · Pekin Municipal Airport (KC15) 50 km
Conditions reported at K3MY describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Princeville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Princeville.
About Princeville, Illinois
Princeville unfolds its quiet charm across rolling prairie lands, a place where wide-open skies feel like an extension of the very fields that define its landscape. It lies 18.5 miles north-north-west of Peoria, IL (from Peoria, IL: bearing 332°T), and is situated 9.2 miles south of Wyoming. The terrain here, a gentle swell and dip, is etched by the slow march of time and the patient work of agriculture, giving the impression of a land breathing with a deep, earthy sigh. Sunlight, especially in the late afternoon, spills across the horizon in hues of molten gold and bruised plum, catching the dust motes dancing in the air above the corn rows, a silent testament to the enduring agricultural spirit that permeates this locality. The air itself carries the faint, sweet scent of ripening grain and damp soil, a fragrance that clings to the senses long after one has passed through its unassuming borders. The history of Princeville is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of this fertile region, its founding rooted in the promise of fertile soil and a burgeoning agrarian economy. For generations, the land has been the primary employer, its rich black earth yielding generous harvests that have sustained its people and shaped its character. While large-scale industry is not its hallmark, the quiet hum of farm machinery and the steady rhythm of the seasons dictate the pulse of daily life here. A distinctive feature of Princeville is its enduring connection to the land, a bond that manifests in a community spirit as strong and resilient as the prairie grasses that once dominated this vista, a quiet pride in the heritage of cultivation and a steadfast gaze towards the horizon.
Live animated radar for Princeville 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 | Princeville, Peoria County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.929759°N, 89.757602°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61559 |
| Area Code | 815 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Princeville, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Princeville, 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 Princeville includes coordinates 40.929759°N, 89.757602°W, situated in Peoria County. ZIP code 61559. 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.
