Rushville, Illinois Weather
Rushville, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Rushville, Schuyler County.
Full aviation weather for Rushville is published on the Greater Beardstown Airport (KK06) 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. 6 airfields within reach of Rushville 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 Rushville: Mount Sterling Municipal Airport (KI63) 25 km · Macomb Municipal Airport (KMQB) 45 km · Havana Regional Airport (K9I0) 47 km · Jacksonville Municipal Airport (KIJX) 48 km · Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport (KPPQ) 57 km
Conditions reported at KK06 describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rushville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Rushville, Illinois
Rushville rests in a broad, gently rolling landscape, a place where the horizon seems to stretch indefinitely under a vast Illinois sky. It lies 46.6 miles east-north-east of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 74°T), and is situated 10.3 miles north-west of Beardstown. The land here is a tapestry of cultivated fields, their greens and golds shifting with the seasons, interspersed with stands of mature oak and maple that offer pockets of deep shade. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, carries the faint, earthy scent of turned soil and the distant hum of agricultural machinery, a sound that has become the quiet pulse of this region. Sunlight, when it breaks through the clouds, can paint the landscape in hues of pale gold and soft amber, illuminating the subtle contours of the terrain that have been shaped by ancient glacial movements. The history of Rushville is deeply entwined with the fertile soils that surround it, a legacy of farming and community building that stretches back to its founding. For generations, the local economy has been anchored in agriculture, with corn and soybeans dominating the acreage, their steady yield providing a consistent, if unglamorous, prosperity. This agricultural heartland has also fostered a strong sense of local identity, a quiet pride in self-sufficiency and a connection to the land that is palpable. While no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring presence of its historic courthouse and the well-maintained storefronts along its main thoroughfares speak to a continuity of purpose, a testament to the enduring spirit of Rushville.
Live animated radar for Rushville 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 | Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.121158°N, 90.563183°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62681 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rushville, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rushville, 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 Rushville includes coordinates 40.121158°N, 90.563183°W, situated in Schuyler County. ZIP code 62681. 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.
