Standard, Illinois Weather
Standard, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Standard, Putnam County.
Full aviation weather for Standard is published on the Illinois Valley Regional Airport Walter A Duncan Field (KVYS) page, 11 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. 5 airfields within reach of Standard 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 Standard: Marshall County Airport (KC75) 32 km · Cushing Field Ltd Airport (K0C8) 56 km · Bresson Airport (KC82) 57 km · Pontiac Municipal Airport (KPNT) 60 km
Conditions reported at KVYS describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Standard specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Standard.
About Standard, Illinois
Standard settles into the broad, fertile plains of Putnam County, a place where the horizon seems to stretch into eternity. It lies 44.3 miles north-north-east of Peoria, IL (from Peoria, IL: bearing 29°T), and is situated 5.6 miles south-south-west of Peru. The land here is a quilt of cultivated fields, broken by the occasional stand of deciduous trees that offer a momentary shadow against the immense, ever-present sky. The air itself carries a certain clarity, a crispness that sharpens the senses, and in the late afternoon, the sun casts long, golden fingers across the gently rolling terrain, transforming the ordinary into something subtly luminous. A quiet resilience seems to emanate from the very earth, a stubborn beauty that endures the extremes of the seasons. The story of Standard is deeply entwined with the deep veins of coal that once ran beneath this seemingly placid surface. For generations, the hum of the mine was the heartbeat of the community, a powerful engine that fueled its growth and shaped its character. While the mines have long since fallen silent, their legacy remains, a quiet echo in the town's architecture and in the collective memory of its people, many of whom trace their lineage back to the miners who first carved a life from this Illinois soil. The local economy, now largely agrarian, continues to honor that spirit of hard work and perseverance, with the bounty of the surrounding farmland a testament to the enduring connection between the people and the land they call home.
Live animated radar for Standard 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 | Standard, Putnam County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.256703°N, 89.180918°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61363, 61326 |
| Area Code | 815 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Standard, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Standard, 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 Standard includes coordinates 41.256703°N, 89.180918°W, situated in Putnam County. ZIP code 61363, 61326. 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.
