Villa Grove, Illinois Weather
Villa Grove, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Villa Grove, Douglas County.
Full aviation weather for Villa Grove is published on the Tuscola Airport (KK96) 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. 6 airfields within reach of Villa Grove 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 Villa Grove: University of Illinois Willard Airport (KCMI) 22 km · Frasca Field (KC16) 32 km · Coles County Memorial Airport (KMTO) 44 km · Edgar County Airport (KPRG) 46 km · Rantoul National Aviation Center - Frank Elliot field (KTIP) 48 km
Conditions reported at KK96 describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Villa Grove specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Villa Grove, Illinois
Villa Grove sprawls across the Illinois prairie, a place where the sky feels vast and the horizon a constant, gentle curve. It lies 17.3 miles south of Urbana, IL (from Urbana, IL: bearing 172°T), and is situated 7.8 miles north-east of Tuscola. The land here is mostly flat, a rich, dark earth that yields readily to the plow, broken only by the occasional stand of trees that cluster around farmsteads or follow the languid path of a slow-moving creek. In the late afternoon, the sun dips low, casting long, buttery shadows that stretch across the fields, lending a quiet dignity to the agricultural landscape. The air, especially after a rain, carries the clean, earthy scent of turned soil and growing things, a perfume unique to this heartland. The history of Villa Grove is inextricably linked to the railroad, a lifeline that brought settlers and commerce to this once-unremarkable stretch of prairie. It became a vital hub, a place where the rhythms of agriculture met the relentless pulse of industry. The local economy has long been rooted in the bounty of the surrounding farmland, with corn and soybeans dominating the vast, checkerboard fields that surround the town. But the echoes of a different past are not entirely gone; remnants of its industrial roots can still be felt, a subtle undercurrent beneath the prevailing agrarian calm. The character of Villa Grove is shaped by its hardworking people, those who understand the patience required to coax a living from the soil and the resilience needed to weather the seasons.
Live animated radar for Villa Grove 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 | Villa Grove, Douglas County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.86281°N, 88.162265°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61956 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Villa Grove, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Villa Grove, 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 Villa Grove includes coordinates 39.862810°N, 88.162265°W, situated in Douglas County. ZIP code 61956. Telephone area code: 309. 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.
