Bellmont, Illinois Weather
Bellmont, Illinois — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bellmont, Wabash County.
Full aviation weather for Bellmont is published on the Mount Carmel Municipal Airport (KAJG) page, 30 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 Bellmont 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 Bellmont: Carmi Municipal Airport (KCUL) 38 km · Fairfield Municipal Airport (KFWC) 44 km · Olney Noble Airport (KOLY) 44 km · O'Neal Airport (KOEA) 46 km · Lawrenceville Vincennes International Airport (KLWV) 50 km
Conditions reported at KAJG describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bellmont specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bellmont.
About Bellmont, Illinois
Bellmont lies in the rolling terrain of southeastern Illinois, where the land begins to soften its prairie edge and yield to the gentle contours that precede the Wabash River's embrace. It lies 26.4 miles north of Posey, IN (from Posey, IN: bearing 358°T), and is situated 8.3 miles west-south-west of Mount Carmel. Here, fields of corn and soybeans stretch like rumpled blankets under a sky that often hangs a vast, pale blue, punctuated by the stoic silhouettes of windbreaks. The air, especially in the humid swell of summer, carries the earthy scent of tilled soil and the sweet perfume of ripening crops. Even in the quietude of a weekday afternoon, a subtle hum of activity can be felt, the distant drone of a tractor, the occasional rumble of a truck traversing the county roads, a rhythm dictated by the seasons and the fertile ground. The history of Bellmont is intrinsically linked to the agricultural pulse of Wabash County, a place where generations have coaxed sustenance from the rich, dark earth. Its economy, though modest, remains tethered to the bounty of the land, with farming and related enterprises forming its bedrock. While no grand monuments mark its landscape, the very character of Bellmont is its testament: a community built on resilience and the quiet dignity of hard work. The simple, sturdy homes, often adorned with porch swings and blooming flowerbeds, speak of a life lived in concert with the natural cycles, a place where neighbors still recognize the cadence of each other's lives, and the slow, deliberate pace of existence allows for a profound appreciation of the sky's ever-changing moods.
Live animated radar for Bellmont 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 | Bellmont, Wabash County, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 38.384492°N, 87.91142°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62811 |
| Area Code | 618 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bellmont, Illinois Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bellmont, 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 Bellmont includes coordinates 38.384492°N, 87.911420°W, situated in Wabash County. ZIP code 62811. Telephone area code: 618. 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.
