Wellington, Illinois Weather
Wellington, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Wellington, Iroquois County.
Full aviation weather for Wellington is published on the Kentland Municipal Airport (K50I) page, 32 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. 4 airfields within reach of Wellington 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 Wellington: Vermilion Regional Airport (KDNV) 38 km · Paxton Airport (K1C1) 39 km · Rantoul National Aviation Center - Frank Elliot field (KTIP) 48 km
Conditions reported at K50I describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Wellington specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Wellington.
About Wellington, Illinois
Wellington lies in a broad, fertile expanse where the land unrolls with a quiet generosity. It lies 28.8 miles north of Danville, IL (from Danville, IL: bearing 355°T), and is situated 5.0 miles north of Hoopeston. The horizon here is a clean, unbroken line, a deep breath of sky meeting fields that stretch out in swathes of green and gold, depending on the season's turning. The air carries the scent of tilled earth and, in the summer months, the sweet, dusty perfume of ripening corn. Small groves of trees, scattered like thoughtful punctuation marks across the landscape, offer pockets of shade and a gentle murmur when the wind stirs their leaves. The very feel of the place is one of open possibility, a gentle invitation to look further, to see what lies just beyond the visible curve of the land. The story of Wellington is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of this prairie soil, a place built on the hard work of those who understood the earth's rhythms. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile ground, established a community that has always held its agricultural roots close. The local economy, while perhaps not boasting grand industries, thrives on the steady pulse of farming, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the harvests brought in year after year. The roads that thread through Wellington are well-worn paths, carrying the lifeblood of the land to market, a testament to the enduring connection between people and the soil that sustains them.
Live animated radar for Wellington 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 | Wellington, Iroquois County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40.539203°N, 87.680026°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60973 |
| Area Code | 630, 331 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wellington, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wellington, 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 Wellington includes coordinates 40.539203°N, 87.680026°W, situated in Iroquois County. ZIP code 60973. Telephone area code: 630, 331. 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.
