Sicily, Illinois Weather
Sicily, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sicily, Christian County.
Full aviation weather for Sicily is published on the Taylorville Municipal Airport (KTAZ) page, 15 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. 4 airfields within reach of Sicily 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 Sicily: Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (KSPI) 32 km · Zelmer Memorial Airpark Inc Airport (K5K1) 47 km · Decatur Airport (KDEC) 60 km
Conditions reported at KTAZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sicily specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sicily.
About Sicily, Illinois
Sicily in Christian County, Illinois, unfolds across a landscape of gently rolling farmland, where vast fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards horizons that seem impossibly wide. It lies 16.7 miles south-south-east of Springfield, IL (from Springfield, IL: bearing 151°T), and is situated 4.7 miles east of Pawnee. The air here carries the scent of damp earth after a rain, mingled with the faint, sweet perfume of ripening grain. Old oak trees, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers, stand sentinel beside weathered farmhouses, their paint long since surrendered to the sun and wind. Evenings bring a particular quiet, a deepening hush as the sun dips low, painting the western sky in hues of bruised plum and pale gold, and the distant rumble of a passing train becomes the only punctuation in the stillness. This corner of central Illinois, once roamed by indigenous peoples, saw its settlement spurred by the fertile soil and the promise of agriculture. The economy of Sicily has always been deeply rooted in the land, its prosperity tied to the bounty of the fields, with generations of families working the same plots of earth. While larger industries may have bypassed this quiet hamlet, its enduring character is found in the simple, honest work of farming and the close-knit bonds of its residents. The legacy of those who first cleared the land and built their lives here is still visible in the enduring architecture and the unhurried pace of life, a quiet testament to perseverance and a deep connection to the agricultural heartland.
Live animated radar for Sicily 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 | Sicily, Christian County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.590051°N, 89.491206°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62558, 62451 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sicily, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sicily, 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 Sicily includes coordinates 39.590051°N, 89.491206°W, situated in Christian County. ZIP code 62558, 62451. 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.
