Valley City, Illinois Weather
Valley City, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Valley City, Pike County.
Full aviation weather for Valley City is published on the Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport (KPPQ) page, 13 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 Valley City 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 Valley City: Mount Sterling Municipal Airport (KI63) 34 km · Jacksonville Municipal Airport (KIJX) 36 km · Greater Beardstown Airport (KK06) 36 km · Quincy Regional Airport Baldwin Field (KUIN) 53 km
Conditions reported at KPPQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Valley City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Valley City.
About Valley City, Illinois
Valley City lies in a hollow scooped by ancient glaciers, where the land itself seems to sigh with the weight of its own contours. It lies 43.2 miles east-south-east of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 111°T), and is situated 3.8 miles east of Griggsville. Rolling hills, cloaked in the deep, verdant greens of summer and the stark, skeletal browns of winter, give way to broad, fertile bottoms. The air here carries the scent of turned earth, a damp, organic perfume that clings to the skin, especially after a rain. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-brooding skies, falls in broad, buttery shafts, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the quiet air of the general store and casting long, dramatic shadows across the fields where corn stalks stand sentinel. The story of Valley City is etched in the very grain of the land, a narrative of agrarian grit and quiet perseverance. Its founding was tied to the rich soil, a promise of sustenance that drew generations of families who understood the rhythm of the seasons and the hard work required to coax bounty from the earth. The local economy, even now, hums with the steady pulse of agriculture; vast fields of corn and soybeans stretch to horizons that seem impossibly distant, their amber waves catching the late afternoon light. The Pike County economy has long been shaped by this relentless, fertile ground, and Valley City remains a testament to that enduring connection.
Live animated radar for Valley City 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Valley City, Pike County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.706991°N, 90.652627°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62340 |
| Area Code | 217 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Valley City, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Valley City, 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 Valley City includes coordinates 39.706991°N, 90.652627°W, situated in Pike County. ZIP code 62340. 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.
