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, Lawrence County.
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About Russellville, Illinois
Russellville rests in a landscape of gentle swells and broad, fertile fields, where the horizon often seems an unbroken line of corn and soybeans under a sky that can shift from the stark blue of high summer to the bruised purple of an approaching thunderstorm. It lies 22.5 miles west-north-west of Daviess, IN (from Daviess, IN: bearing 291°T), and is situated 9.8 miles north of Vincennes. The air here, especially in the humid embrace of July, carries the sweet, earthy scent of ripening crops and the faint, metallic tang of distant farm machinery working the land. The houses, many of them sturdy clapboard structures with wide porches, seem to settle comfortably into the terrain, their windows reflecting the slow procession of clouds. Small, quiet streets wind between them, lined with mature oak trees that cast long, cool shadows in the late afternoon, their leaves rustling with a sound that is the very breath of this place. The history of Russellville is deeply entwined with the rich agricultural heritage of this part of Illinois, a legacy evident in the weathered barns and silos that punctuate the countryside, silent witnesses to generations of harvest. The local economy has long been anchored by farming, the land yielding its bounty through careful cultivation and a deep understanding of the seasons. While agriculture remains the bedrock, the pace of life in Russellville allows for a quiet industriousness, a steady unfolding of daily routines that have a certain dependable rhythm. There’s a palpable sense of continuity here, a feeling that the present is built upon the solid foundations of the past, a quiet strength drawn from the earth itself.
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| Location | Russellville, Lawrence County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.818934°N, 87.531688°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 38.818934°N, 87.531688°W, situated in Lawrence 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.
