Rockport, Illinois Weather
Rockport, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rockport, Pike County.
Full aviation weather for Rockport is published on the Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport (KPPQ) page, 23 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 Rockport 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 Rockport: Bowling Green Municipal Airport (KH19) 26 km · Hannibal Regional Airport (KHAE) 43 km · Quincy Regional Airport Baldwin Field (KUIN) 48 km · Mount Sterling Municipal Airport (KI63) 53 km
Conditions reported at KPPQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rockport specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rockport.
About Rockport, Illinois
Rockport rests on the western edge of Pike County, a place where the land itself seems to hold a quiet, enduring patience. It lies 34.7 miles south-east of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 142°T), and is situated 6.6 miles north-north-east of Louisiana. Here, the rolling Illinois landscape, a patchwork of emerald fields and deep, shadowed woods, slopes gently toward the broad, patient flow of the Illinois River. This river, a living artery, dictates the very breath of Rockport, its slow-moving waters reflecting a sky that can shift from the pale, washed-out blue of a summer afternoon to the bruised purples and fiery oranges of twilight. The air, especially in the humid embrace of summer evenings, carries the scent of damp earth and ripening crops, a subtle perfume that clings to the weathered wood of the few scattered buildings. The story of Rockport is one of resilience and adaptation, a testament to lives lived in concert with the river's moods and the land's bounty. Though its heyday as a bustling river port has long since faded into memory, the echoes of that activity still linger, a whisper in the quiet hum of present-day life. The economy here, then as now, is tied to the soil and the water; agriculture remains king, with corn and soybeans stretching to the horizon, their stalks rustling like secrets in the breeze. Fishing, too, holds a place, a connection to the river that has sustained generations. Rockport remembers its past, not with grand monuments, but in the quiet dignity of its weathered barns and the enduring spirit of its people, who understand the deep, slow rhythm of this particular corner of the world.
Live animated radar for Rockport 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 | Rockport, Pike County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.538936°N, 91.008746°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62370 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rockport, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rockport, 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 Rockport includes coordinates 39.538936°N, 91.008746°W, situated in Pike County. ZIP code 62370. 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.
