Rossville, Illinois Weather
Rossville, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rossville, Vermilion County.
Full aviation weather for Rossville is published on the Vermilion Regional Airport (KDNV) page, 21 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 Rossville 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 Rossville: Paxton Airport (K1C1) 40 km · Rantoul National Aviation Center - Frank Elliot field (KTIP) 41 km · Kentland Municipal Airport (K50I) 47 km · Frasca Field (KC16) 52 km
Conditions reported at KDNV describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rossville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rossville.
About Rossville, Illinois
Rossville rests on the broad, yielding shoulders of Vermilion County, where the land stretches out in a gentle, cultivated expanse. It lies 17.7 miles north of Danville, IL (from Danville, IL: bearing 353°T), and is situated 6.1 miles south of Hoopeston. The fields, a patchwork of emerald and gold depending on the season, roll towards a horizon that feels perpetually vast, punctuated by the stoic silhouettes of farm buildings and the occasional cluster of mature trees. The air here carries a clean, earthy scent, particularly after a rain, a subtle perfume of turned soil and growing things that speaks of a landscape deeply understood and worked. During the long, luminous evenings of summer, the sky above Rossville often bleeds into hues of rose and lavender, a quiet spectacle that transforms the ordinary into something profound. This stretch of Illinois has long been shaped by the agrarian spirit, and Rossville is no exception, its economy historically tethered to the bounty of the surrounding farmland. Generations have coaxed sustenance from this rich black soil, a legacy evident in the enduring presence of grain elevators that stand like sentinels against the sky, their metal skins glinting in the sun. While the deep past might whisper of earlier settlements, the modern character of Rossville is one of steady, unpretentious continuity, a place where the days unfold with a predictable cadence, marked by the harvest cycles and the quiet hum of everyday life. Its people possess a grounded pragmatism, a reflection of the land they inhabit and the honest work that sustains them.
Live animated radar for Rossville 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 | Rossville, Vermilion County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.379203°N, 87.668634°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60963, 60942 |
| Area Code | 630, 331 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rossville, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rossville, 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 Rossville includes coordinates 40.379203°N, 87.668634°W, situated in Vermilion County. ZIP code 60963, 60942. 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.
