Ripley, Illinois Weather
Ripley, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ripley, Brown County.
Full aviation weather for Ripley is published on the Mount Sterling Municipal Airport (KI63) page, 15 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 Ripley 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 Ripley: Greater Beardstown Airport (KK06) 21 km · Jacksonville Municipal Airport (KIJX) 44 km · Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport (KPPQ) 44 km · Quincy Regional Airport Baldwin Field (KUIN) 48 km · Macomb Municipal Airport (KMQB) 55 km
Conditions reported at KI63 describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ripley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ripley.
About Ripley, Illinois
Ripley, a collection of houses and businesses, sits a stone's throw from the broad, languid Mississippi River. It lies 41.3 miles east of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 81°T), and is situated 7.9 miles south-south-west of Rushville. The land here, a generous quilt of fertile soil, rolls gently towards the water, supporting stands of oak and hickory that whisper in the frequent prairie winds. The air often carries the scent of damp earth and ripening corn, a comforting aroma that permeates the very being of this place. Sunlight, especially in the late afternoon, casts long, golden shadows that stretch across the fields and the quiet main street, imbuing Ripley with a soft, almost painterly glow. The story of Ripley is intrinsically tied to the river that forms its western edge, a highway for trade and passage since early settlers arrived. For generations, the local economy has been rooted in agriculture, with soybeans and corn dominating the vast, flat expanses that fan out from the river bluffs. There's a quiet resilience in the way the community sustains itself, a reliance on the land and the steady, predictable cycles of the seasons. Though small, Ripley holds a certain charm, a sense of history etched not in grand monuments, but in the weathered facades of its buildings and the enduring spirit of its people.
Live animated radar for Ripley 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 | Ripley, Brown County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.022826°N, 90.638739°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62353 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ripley, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ripley, 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 Ripley includes coordinates 40.022826°N, 90.638739°W, situated in Brown County. ZIP code 62353. Telephone area code: 217. 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.
