Rutland, Illinois Weather
Rutland, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rutland, LaSalle County.
Full aviation weather for Rutland is published on the Marshall County Airport (KC75) page, 29 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 Rutland 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 Rutland: Pontiac Municipal Airport (KPNT) 36 km · Illinois Valley Regional Airport Walter A Duncan Field (KVYS) 42 km · Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport (K3MY) 52 km · Dwight Airport (KDTG) 53 km · Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal (KBMI) 57 km
Conditions reported at KC75 describe the airfield itself. Weather 29 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rutland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
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.
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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
