Rutland, Illinois Weather
Rutland, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rutland, LaSalle County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rutland.
About Rutland, Illinois
Rutland sits as a quiet sentinel on the Illinois prairie, its horizon a gentle curve against a sky that often stretches from horizon to horizon in a boundless expanse. It lies 32.6 miles north of Normal, IL (from Normal, IL: bearing 355°T), and is situated 5.5 miles north of Minonk. The land here, a rich, dark loam, whispers of generations of cultivation, a testament to the fertile ground that defines its character. Fields of corn and soybeans, rippling like a tawny sea under the summer sun, give way to the occasional cluster of sturdy oaks and maples that offer pockets of shade. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a clean, earthy scent, tinged with the faint sweetness of ripening grain, a subtle perfume that permeates the quietude of this agricultural heartland. The economic pulse of Rutland has long been tied to the bounty of its soil, a tradition reaching back to the earliest settlers who recognized the gifts of this terrain. While agriculture remains a cornerstone, the town has also seen its share of industry, its past shaped by the railroads that once crisscrossed the landscape, bringing commerce and connecting this prairie settlement to the wider world. Today, a more measured pace prevails, a sense of enduring community built on shared history and the quiet dignity of hard work. The grain elevators, standing tall like stoic guardians, still punctuate the skyline, silent witnesses to the ongoing cycle of planting and harvest that defines the rhythm of life in Rutland.
Live animated radar for Rutland and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Rutland, LaSalle County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.984199°N, 89.041747°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61358 |
| Area Code | 815 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rutland, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rutland, 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 Rutland includes coordinates 40.984199°N, 89.041747°W, situated in LaSalle County. ZIP code 61358. Telephone area code: 815. 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.
