Roberts, Illinois Weather
Roberts, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Roberts, Ford County.
Full aviation weather for Roberts is published on the Paxton Airport (K1C1) 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. 5 airfields within reach of Roberts 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 Roberts: Rantoul National Aviation Center - Frank Elliot field (KTIP) 36 km · Pontiac Municipal Airport (KPNT) 51 km · Frasca Field (KC16) 52 km · Greater Kankakee Airport (KIKK) 58 km
Conditions reported at K1C1 describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Roberts specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Roberts.
About Roberts, Illinois
Roberts, Illinois, unfolds under a vast prairie sky, a place where the land itself seems to breathe with a quiet, steady exhale. It lies 34.4 miles north of Champaign, IL (from Champaign, IL: bearing 5°T), and is situated 10.0 miles south of Piper City. The horizon here is a long, unbroken line, punctuated only by the occasional grain silo or the distant silhouette of farm buildings. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch in every direction, their green and gold hues shifting with the sun’s slow arc across the heavens, casting long shadows that bleed into the soft, pale light of late afternoon. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a clean, earthy scent, a whisper of dew clinging to the stalks and the fertile soil that has been worked for generations. This is a landscape of subtle, enduring beauty, where the gentle undulations of the terrain invite the eye to wander, and the sheer openness fosters a sense of profound peace. The history of Roberts is intrinsically tied to the rich agricultural heritage of Ford County, a story written in the furrowed earth and the rise of its farming communities. Founded with the steady purpose of supporting the burgeoning agricultural economy, Roberts has always been a place of practical endeavor, its livelihoods sown and harvested with the seasons. The local economy remains anchored in the land, with its lifeblood flowing from the bounty of the surrounding fields, processed and transported through the infrastructure that has grown alongside it. While not a place of grand monuments, Roberts possesses its own distinctive character, shaped by the resilience and quiet pride of its inhabitants, a community that understands the value of hard work and the enduring strength found in shared roots, where the passing of time is marked not by the clamor of industry but by the turning of the earth and the patient unfolding of rural life.
Live animated radar for Roberts 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 | Roberts, Ford County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.612813°N, 88.18338°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60962 |
| Area Code | 630, 331 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Roberts, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Roberts, 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 Roberts includes coordinates 40.612813°N, 88.183380°W, situated in Ford County. ZIP code 60962. 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.
