St. Augustine, Illinois Weather
St. Augustine, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for St. Augustine, Knox County.
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About St. Augustine, Illinois
St. Augustine rests in a landscape of quiet, rolling fields, a place where the horizon seems to stretch on forever. It lies 16.0 miles south of Galesburg, IL (from Galesburg, IL: bearing 187°T), and is situated 6.0 miles south of Abingdon. The terrain here is a gentle swell of fertile earth, cradling farmsteads and the modest collection of buildings that make up the heart of St. Augustine. The air often carries the scent of freshly tilled soil or, in the late summer, the sweet perfume of ripening corn, a testament to the agricultural soul of this region. Sunlight, when it breaks through the vast prairie sky, often casts a soft, golden hue across the land, a light that seems to linger, imbuing the scene with a sense of enduring peace. This corner of Knox County has long been tied to the land, its history rooted in the perseverance of settlers who carved a life from the prairie soil. The local economy still largely revolves around agriculture, with corn and soybeans dominating the cultivated fields that surround St. Augustine. While the railroad once played a more significant role in connecting St. Augustine to larger markets, its presence, though diminished, whispers of a past when goods and people moved with greater urgency. The distinctive character of St. Augustine lies in its unassuming nature, a place where neighbors know each other's names and the rhythm of life is dictated by the seasons and the needs of the harvest, a quiet existence unfolding under the wide Illinois sky.
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| Location | St. Augustine, Knox County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.718373°N, 90.410962°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61474 |
| Area Code | 815 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This St. Augustine, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St. Augustine, 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 St. Augustine includes coordinates 40.718373°N, 90.410962°W, situated in Knox County. ZIP code 61474. 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.
