Russellville, Illinois Weather
Russellville, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Russellville, Boone County.
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About Russellville, Illinois
Russellville breathes a quiet dignity, a place where the land rolls with a gentle, unforced grace towards the horizon. It lies 16.3 miles east-north-east of Rockford, IL (from Rockford, IL: bearing 76°T), and is situated 5.4 miles north-east of Belvidere. Fields of corn and soybeans, stitched together by the dark, rich earth, dominate the landscape, their stalks a shimmering green in the summer sun, turning to brittle gold as autumn approaches. The sky here feels vast, an immense blue dome that can quickly gather storm clouds, unleashing rains that drum on tin roofs and nourish the fertile soil. Farmhouses, often painted in stoic whites and muted blues, dot the countryside, their porch lights casting warm, inviting pools onto gravel driveways as dusk settles, the air carrying the faint, sweet scent of cut hay and distant woodsmoke. This corner of Boone County, Illinois, has always been tethered to the land, its history a slow, steady unfolding of agricultural enterprise. For generations, families have worked these fields, their lives dictated by the seasons and the bounty they yield. The local economy remains firmly rooted in farming, with grain elevators standing like silent sentinels at the edge of town, reminders of the ceaseless cycle of planting and harvest. While no grand monuments mark its past, the simple, enduring character of Russellville itself serves as a testament to the resilience of its people, their lives interwoven with the enduring rhythm of the prairie.
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| Location | Russellville, Boone County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 42.328076°N, 88.783712°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61012, 62439 |
| Area Code | 847, 224, 217 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Russellville, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Russellville, Illinois, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Russellville includes coordinates 42.328076°N, 88.783712°W, situated in Boone County. ZIP code 61012, 62439. Telephone area code: 847, 224, 217. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
