Sublette, Illinois Weather
Sublette, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sublette, Lee County.
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About Sublette, Illinois
Sublette, a quiet sentinel of Lee County, presides over a landscape that speaks of patient cultivation. It lies 31.6 miles south-west of DeKalb, IL (from DeKalb, IL: bearing 231°T), and is situated 8.7 miles north-west of Mendota. Here, the earth lies in broad, sweeping plains, interrupted only by the gentle rise and fall of fertile ground, a testament to the agricultural spirit that has long held sway. The sky above Sublette is an immense canvas, often brushed with the pale gold of dawn or the deep, bruised purples of an approaching storm, each hue reflecting the vastness of the prairie. The air carries the clean, dry scent of sun-baked soil and the distant, sweet perfume of ripening corn, a fragrance that clings to the senses long after one has departed. The history of Sublette is interwoven with the westward expansion and the enduring strength of farming families who first broke this prairie sod. Its economy, deeply rooted in the cultivation of corn and soybeans, hums with the steady rhythm of the seasons, the harvest a communal exhale of effort and bounty. The grain elevators, stark sentinels against the horizon, stand as monuments to this agricultural endeavor, their shadows stretching long in the late afternoon sun. While no grand monuments mark its arrival, the unpretentious character of Sublette, its quiet resilience, and the shared understanding among its residents forged by generations of working the land, are its most distinctive features.
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| Location | Sublette, Lee County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41.643088°N, 89.227868°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61367 |
| Area Code | 815 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sublette, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sublette, 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 Sublette includes coordinates 41.643088°N, 89.227868°W, situated in Lee County. ZIP code 61367. 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.
