Windsor, Illinois Weather
Windsor, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Windsor, Shelby County.
Full aviation weather for Windsor is published on the Coles County Memorial Airport (KMTO) page, 27 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 Windsor 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 Windsor: Effingham County Memorial Airport (K1H2) 42 km · Tuscola Airport (KK96) 45 km · Decatur Airport (KDEC) 50 km · Casey Municipal Airport (K1H8) 53 km
Conditions reported at KMTO describe the airfield itself. Weather 27 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Windsor specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Windsor, Illinois
Windsor rests in a landscape that rolls with the patient, broad strokes of Illinois farmland. It lies 33.6 miles south-east of Decatur, IL (from Decatur, IL: bearing 145°T), and is situated 6.2 miles north-north-east of Strasburg. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out, their green and gold a muted testament to the sun's slow journey across the sky, giving way to the darker, richer soil along the creek beds. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, earthy scent, a blend of drying stalks and the cool dampness rising from the occasional patch of woods. Houses, mostly modest and well-kept, line quiet streets, their porches catching the dwindling light, their lawns neatly trimmed. The history of Windsor is tied to the fertile land and the waterways that have sustained it. Originally settled by pioneers drawn to the rich agricultural possibilities, its economy has long been rooted in farming, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels against the horizon. The nearby Okaw River, though not a major artery, whispers of past journeys and the slow, steady movement of goods. Local life often revolves around community gatherings, the rhythm dictated by the seasons and the harvest, a quiet persistence that defines this corner of Shelby County.
Live animated radar for Windsor 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 | Windsor, Shelby County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 39.440869°N, 88.59478°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61957 |
| Area Code | 309 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Windsor, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Windsor, 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 Windsor includes coordinates 39.440869°N, 88.594780°W, situated in Shelby County. ZIP code 61957. 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.
